Fiona Taylor enjoys staying out late with her friends. She hates her mother.  She’s bored by her high school, and tired of her day-to-day life. A typical teenager, perhaps.  Except, in some ways, Fiona is not typical. Her mother has forbidden her to enter the basement. A man jogs past their house every day trying hard not to look like a cop. And her mother's cello case seems to get heavier every time she brings it home. Oh, yes: there’s also a killer in the history books called the Red Creek killer, caught years ago—but is about to become part of Fiona's life.

Fiona Taylor enjoys staying out late with her friends. She hates her mother.  She’s bored by her high school, and tired of her day-to-day life. A typical teenager, perhaps.  Except, in some ways, Fiona is not typical. Her mother has forbidden her to enter the basement. A man jogs past their house every day trying hard not to look like a cop. And her mother's cello case seems to get heavier every time she brings it home. Oh, yes: there’s also a killer in the history books called the Red Creek killer, caught years ago—but is about to become part of Fiona's life.