The youngest lawyer ever to lead Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success, along with money, power, and prestige. He believes nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top until his wife, Beth, vanishes. Beth's disappearance coincides with a series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the bookend killings. They suspect Beth is the killer's latest victim or possibly his willing accomplice. However, Gus knows his wife would never ally herself with a cold-blooded killer. The further he searches, the more he discovers that Beth isn't the woman he thought he knew. Beth may be alive. She may or may not be innocent. She may have encountered evil far more extensive than a serial killer. And for Gus and his family, that evil is much too close to home.