Lakeen Hale, a true crime author and survivor of an attack that left her barely alive, helps detectives and crime victims solve murder cases. But there's one case she hasn't been able to solve: her own. When she begins a new investigation, working closely with Special Agent Reece Nolan, she's horrified to discover that the murder bears many similarities to the case that nearly ended her life. The silhouette of a man haunts her in her dreams, but that night there were only two people there - Lakin and the killer. Was she really imagining the ghostly hero who pulled her out of the water? Or is he the only one who can unlock her dark memories? Buried in a watery grave among the lotuses, the victim calls out to Lakin, causing painful memories of what was stolen from the girl that fateful night to surface. And now the time has come for those responsible to answer for their sins.