As a teenager in a South Carlina backwater—on a night when the air was hot and thick as amber- Emily Wilkop watched as a man was murdered. For fifteen years she kept still... and paid a devastating price for her silence—always terrified of the dark, and of the killer who might one day step out again from the shadows.

Now Emily is grown, trying to build a life for herself and her late sister's troubled young daughter, and struggling with her feelings for an ex-big city cop. But the secret she has so carefully guarded is coming back to haunt her —in a small southern town where everyone keeps their secrets to themselves...

Now someone wants to scare Emily—to death.

**Five Stars, Winner of Prestigious Maggie Award