Russell reveals what lives in the heart of a monster. Here, the monster is Gray Parker. His execution was major news and his story even became a bestselling book. For his son, Caleb, there was no sanctuary. As soon as he was old enough, Caleb moved away to start his life over. Even though Caleb has always hidden the hideous truth about who his father was, when he looks in the mirror, what he sees there makes him fear that some part of his father's evil might live on in him. Now, though, it's as if his secret has escaped into the world. Bodies have started turning up, marked in the same way that his father once marked them. And when all the evidence points toward him, the only thing Caleb can think to do is run far and fast. The one person who believes in his innocence is the only woman ever to survive one of his father's attacks - Maryelizabeth Line. She's the same woman who became a celebrity for telling his father's story. These two must become unlikely allies to answer two soul-searing questions: Who is doing this and why? And who is Caleb, really, when you cut through the shame?