Still grieving over the loss of his son, Detective Nicholas Faraday's nightmare is only beginning. When he’s called to investigate a death at a country estate, a second victim collapses before his eyes and the swanky residents stop at nothing to resist the investigation. Only one person helps--Annabelle Dancer, who's immediately drawn to him. In what quickly becomes the most baffling case of his career, Nicholas struggles to fit together wild claims of ghost sightings, an unshakable trance at a seance and increasingly odd behavior of the occupants. He's caught in a quagmire of inexplicable events, contradictory evidence and mounting victims. When medical evidence, lab results and witness accounts refute each possibility, Detective Faraday is forced to rethink the case. As the killer masters a horrifying technique, Nicholas loses ground. In a frantic race to protect Annabelle and solve the crime before the killer strikes again, he must step out of his comfort zone and rethink his grasp of reality itself. As the killer closes in on Annabelle, she finds a key piece of the solution. This spurs Nicholas to set a trap with himself as bait. When the killer comes for him, he learns the shocking truth. How can he save Annabelle and defeat a killer who holds all the advantages?