A woman's death after falling from a rooftop reveals one small piece of a crime that has been going on for more than twenty years.
A college student is abducted and eventually rescued, only to face a fate from which there is no escape. An undercover officer from years ago searches for the truth, but is always one step behind.
Some choose to hold their ground, while others turn to the darker side of life.
A female criminal police captain, a playboy deputy captain, and an ascetic forensic doctor are bound tightly together by the threads of fate.
She keeps having the same nightmare, while he risks everything to uncover the truth...
Everyone wants answers, but where can the hearts struggling in the mire possibly go?
One bookstore, several lives, countless secrets.
Chasing money and power, they find that greed has no end;
A painter captures brilliant red sunsets and skies full of stars, never knowing that pale bones lie hidden in the deep sea;
A killer puts his sniper rifle away in a violin case, along with a small measure of conscience he never realized he had.
The evil in their blood flows quietly, even as it burns and boils.
Amid trust, betrayal, and undercurrents in motion, who will tear off whose mask?
