Almost two years after the events of "Unturned Stones" Jack Barrett is approached by his old boss at the Columbus Homicide Department to leave his ideal life at Indian Lake and come back to help catch the Co-Ed Killer. Jack reluctantly agrees to look at the case, and soon becomes involved in two other national cases. The first involves a hit man Jack knows all too well, Fatboy Malloy, who seems to be traveling the country eliminating suspected serial killers. Fatboy is on assignment from a mobster whose daughter and new son-in-law were the victims of a serial killer while on their honeymoon in Pennsylvania. The other case involves someone who is killing off True Crime writers and others who help the police catch serial killers. Is there a link in the three cases? Jack has to find out, but in doing so, he must become involved again with characters from his past he'd sooner kill than work with.
