The day after Burning Lake's notorious Halloween celebration, Detective Natalie Lockhart uncovers a heartbreaking scene: a young woman, dead in a dumpster. There's no clue to who this outsider is, save for a mystifying tattoo on her arm, and a callus underneath her chin. As Natalie retraces the young woman's steps leading up to her death, she uncovers a deeper, darker horror—a string of murders and disappearances, seemingly unconnected—that may explain the disappearance of her best friend years ago. Digging deeper within the mind of the hunter, Natalie finds a darkness she could never have imagined, and in this sequel to Trace of Evil, the killer is weaving a trap for her that may prove inescapable.