Markus Novak just wants to come home. An investigator for a
Florida-based Death Row defense firm, Novak's life derailed when his
wife, Lauren, was killed in the midst of a case the two were working
together. Two years later, her murderer is still at large, and Novak's
attempts to learn the truth about her death through less-than-legal
means and jailhouse bargaining have put his job on the line. Now he's
been all but banished, sent to Garrison, Indiana to assess a cold case
that he's certain his boss has no intention of taking.
As Novak knows all too well, some crimes never do get solved. But it's
not often that the man who many believe got away with murder is the one
calling for the case to be reopened. Ten years ago, a teenaged girl
disappeared inside an elaborate cave system beneath rural farmland. Days
later, Ridley Barnes emerged carrying Sarah Martin's lifeless body.
Barnes has claimed all along that he has no memory of exactly where --
or how -- he found Sarah. His memory of whether she was dead or alive at
the time is equally foggy. Tired of living under a cloud of suspicion,
he says he wants answers -- even if they mean he'll end up in the
electric chair.
But what's he really up to? And Novak knows why he's so unhappy to be in
Garrison -- but why are the locals so hostile towards him? The answers
lie in the fiendish brain of a dangerous man, the real identity of a
mysterious woman, and deep beneath them all, in the network of ancient,
stony passages that hold secrets deadlier than he can imagine. Soon
Novak is made painfully aware that if he has any chance of returning to
the life and career he left behind in Florida, he'll need to find the
truth in Garrison first.
