For the second time in his short life, Teddy Clock has survived a
massacre. Two years ago, he barely escaped when his entire family was
slaughtered. Now, at fourteen, in a hideous echo of the past, Teddy is
the lone survivor of his foster family's mass murder. Orphaned once
more, the traumatized teenager has nowhere to turn--until the Boston PD
puts Detective Jane Rizzoli on the case. Determined to protect this
young man, Jane discovers that what seemed like a coincidence is instead
just one horrifying part of a relentless killer's merciless mission.
Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a
sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn the secrets and
skills of survival in a dangerous world. But even behind locked gates,
and surrounded by acres of sheltering Maine wilderness, Jane fears that
Evensong's mysterious benefactors aren't the only ones watching. When
strange blood-splattered dolls are found dangling from a tree, Jane
knows that her instincts are dead on. And when she learns of Will
Yablonski and Claire Ward, students whose tragic pasts bear a shocking
resemblance to Teddy's, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling
predator has more than one victim in mind.
Joining forces with her trusted partner, medical examiner Maura Isles,
Jane is determined to keep these orphans safe from harm. But an
unspeakable secret dooms the children's fate--unless Jane and Maura can
finally put an end to an obsessed killer's twisted quest.
