The baby is quiet. Too quiet. When Madeline checks on her seven-month-old daughter, she discovers the reason for the baby's silence. Abigail is dead. Madeline is soon living every mother's worst nightmare amid a cacophony of sirens and police interrogations. Accusations and old resentments can't stay contained under the pressure of guilt, tears, and the horror of picking out a baby-sized coffin. A line is drawn through Madeline and Brian's marriage, and a battle begins. But defining heroes and villains is as difficult as untangling the truth from the web Madeline and Brian have created to protect themselves. Abigail's killer isn't the only monster hiding in the shadows. And among the dark secrets, everyone will crumble under the consequences.