With Gingerbread still on the lam, Detective Lorena Evans takes her niece to Florida for a much-needed vacation and a break from their hectic lives in Cleveland. However, their sunshine and beach time is interrupted by a desperate plea for help from the F.B.I. on a case not one agent has been able to crack. She and her partner, Detective Jack Foster, are sent to Portland, Oregon, to consult on a serial killer case involving eleven known victims and a madman who likes to call himself Trix. This killer intertwines memories of his disturbing youth with a very personal and in depth look into Lorena's own hidden history, one she'd rather forget, and one into which he'd like to delve deeper. She works so hard to forget the darkness that dwells there, but Trix becomes fixated on her and won't stop until he makes Lorena a part of his perfect collection.

When Jack's past also rises up to meet them with blunt force, he becomes even more personally involved in the case and must face tough choices in the end. Fighting to keep Lorena from becoming Trix's next victim will not be the only hardship he faces in Portland, and keeping them both alive will be one of the most difficult missions he's ever performed.