FBI-agent Smoky Barrett er tilbage i denne nervepirrende thriller, hvor hun jagter en kynisk og iskold seriemorder, der har holdt en kvinde fanget i otte år, tilsyneladende uden motiv. Intet krav om penge, ingen mistænkte, ingen svar. Men Smoky Barrett og hendes team finder snart ud af, at seriemorderen også har efterladt andre ofre.
There's a reason he let one of his victims go free. And by the time Smoky pierces the darkness of his twisted mind, it may cost her more than she can bear to lose to escape. For a trap snapped closed the moment she took this case too much to heart.