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There is something particularly unsettling about the body most recently found in Wrightsburg's forest. The murderer left a watch on his victim's wrist with a strange symbol on it--an act that suggests that this is the first of more killings to come. The method is cold and methodical: his victims continue to be found wearing a watch set to a particular time of day. When a copycat killer emerges, the case has become too complicated for the local police department, and former secret service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called into the investigation.

Prudence Barrymore, una enfermera talentosa que trabajó con Florence Nightingale en Crimea, es encontrada estrangulada en un hospital de Londres. El agente de investigación privada William Monk es contratado para investigar este horrendo crimen. Poco a poco, Monk va formando el retrato de una mujer excepcional. Sin embargo, también percibe la sombra de un mal trágico y un inquietante destello de su propio pasado eclipsado.