It's been ten years since that first case. Adrian has grown up, finished his studies at Clemson University, moved to Columbia, Missouri, and become a police officer. Things have changed. But some things...never change.

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Some truths refuse to stay buried. Some debts demand a reckoning.

Newly promoted Detective Adrian Sawyer thought the case was an open-and-shut: a young woman dead on a frozen trail, her loyal dog waiting by her side. A slip, a fall, a tragedy. Nothing more than an accident…until they pulled her from the water. And everything changed.

A cryptic social media post later that night about the victim ignites a firestorm— and suddenly the quiet streets of Columbia, Missouri are drowning in suspicion.

What seemed like a simple mishap unravels into something far more sinister: poisoned clues hidden in plain sight, whispers of an old secret someone will kill to protect, and a grieving husband whose sorrow may not be what it seems. With the online true-crime community circling like vultures, Sawyer finds himself caught between public outrage and the chilling reality behind the evidence.

As the investigation twists through icy lies and buried betrayals, Adrian must decide whether justice means exposing the truth—or avenging the past. Because when the killer finally steps from the shadows, their reckoning will be silent, brutal, and far more personal than Sawyer ever imagined.