Detective Zoe Grant is called to a body dump—and immediately knows something is wrong when her Captain is already on scene. He never comes out to crime scenes. When the Medical Examiner pulls back the sheet, the sight of the body drags Zoe eleven years into the past, back to a case that altered the course of her life and one she prayed would stay buried.

The victim, Chris Tafford, appears to have died from a gunshot wound—at least at first glance. But the truth is far more disturbing. There is no entry wound. Only an exit wound torn through his back, as if something exploded outward from inside his body.

As Zoe and her new partner, Emily, dig deeper, they find themselves pulled into a labyrinth of conspiracies, buried secrets, and government insanity that refuses to stay hidden. Andre—Zoe’s former partner and now boyfriend—quickly realizes what others don’t: this case isn’t just professional for Zoe. It’s personal. And when the killer begins taunting her directly, it becomes terrifyingly clear that she was never just assigned to the case.

She was chosen.

While grappling with the return of the Exit Wound killer, Zoe is also haunted by the final message left by Eleanor Reeds: Your father knows everything. As the investigation tightens and the psychological game of cat and mouse escalates, Zoe is pushed to her limits—forced to confront truths she’s spent years avoiding.

In this gripping psychological thriller, Zoe learns that justice is never clean, truth is always dangerous, and some wounds—no matter how deeply buried—never truly heal.