Hailed by Dan Brown ("The Da Vinci Code)" for his "utterly consuming" suspense fiction, "New York Times" bestselling author Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight into the heart of a killer in a southern town. "Some memories live deep in the soul, indelible and dangerous, waiting to be resurrected...."Forensic expert "Cat" Ferry is suspended from an FBI task force when the world-class odontologist is inexplicably stricken with panic attacks and blackouts while investigating a chain of brutal murders. Returning to her Mississippi hometown, Cat finds herself battling with alcohol, plagued by nightmares, and entangled with a married detective. Then, in her childhood bedroom, some spilled chemicals reveal two bloody footprints...and the trauma of her father's murder years earlier comes flooding back. Facing the secrets of her past, Cat races to connect them to a killer's present-day violence. But what emerges is the frightening possibility that Cat herself has blood on her hands....