Someone is murdering Catholic priests.
FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell is brought in to investigate the killing spree and it soon becomes clear to her that more than one perpetrator is involved. As the gruesome murders continue, the local community is left reeling. Then Maggie gets a lead that makes her blood run cold.
For four years she has been hunting Father Keller, a monster whose acts of brutality haunt her to this day. In an ironic twist of fate, Father Keller has now become a target of the killers. When he offers to help Maggie solve the crimes in exchange for protection, she has no choice but to ally herself with this elusive child killer, whom she despises with a conviction that's almost religious in fervour. Now she has crossed a line into a world so terrifying it's impossible to imagine returning unscathed.
Maggie knows the bargain she has made is a necessary evil – but is it written in her blood?
This chilling new story takes up where A Perfect Evil left off, reuniting Maggie and Father Keller in the most unpredictable and shocking of ways.