In the Dead of Night On a quiet street in a suburb west of Chicago, a neighbor hears a woman scream. A second one sees the lights in Sara Jansen’s house being switched on, one by one, room after room. A third receives a call from a voice he doesn’t recognize, screaming at him to come over right away. When the police arrive, Sara is discovered brutally murdered. Her husband, Martin Tripp, is put on trial for her murder and acquitted. Now he’s asking Chicago PI Dek Elstrom to find the real killer. Martin is convinced Sara was scared of something before she died, and it’s Dek’s job to find out what it was. As he investigates, Dek makes a series of disturbing discoveries. But can he get to the truth of what happened that terrifying night…before a second victim pays the ultimate price?