Her hometown of Loomis, Louisiana, holds no charm for Jodie Gilmore.

Why be reminded of her mother’s abandonment? Then the novice FBI agent is assigned to a missing person’s case, and refusal isn’t an option. Her coworkers are counting on her. Surely the tight-lipped locals will talk to one of their own. Or will they?

A decades-old double homicide is discovered

and Harrison Cahill, the handsome forensic anthropologist on the case, thinks Jodie knows more than she’s saying. But speaking freely can be deadly in Loomis….