WHEN ARTIE HOWELL MOVES HIS WIFE BACK TO HER SLEEPY HOMETOWN, HE MUST PROTECT THEIR SON FROM THE SKELETONS OF THEIR PASTS

Elise Howell, a well-known cardio surgeon, has returned home after fifteen years to fill her recently deceased mother's position at the general hospital in Sunny Cove, a small town in Western Pennsylvania. Her husband Artie is an accomplished crime fiction writer and smiling soccer dad to their young son Nicky. When they first arrived at Heckler Lane, the Howells had seemed like a wholesome American family.

Then came the murders.

A nun turning up missing from the Convent of St. Mary becomes the first in a string of unexplained tragedies-tragedies that all seem to be tied to scenes from Artie's novels. The writer now finds himself as the prime suspect in an investigation that threatens to not only tear apart his family, but the entire town of Sunny Cove.