A taut, atmospheric and gripping thriller with on-going detective character Jonathan Stride working a murder case that's a bit too close to home... In Alabama, the luck of a convicted murderer is about to change. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he can't believe it when a chance to escape arises. Now on the loose, will he seek revenge on the woman who put him behind bars ten years ago? In Minnesota, detective Jonathan Stride's partner, Maggie Bei, wakes up suddenly in the middle of the night. A sufferer of recurring nightmares, the last thing Maggie expects in the dead of a cold winter's night is that her own home has become the scene of a violent crime...