When Lindsay Marshall my steriously vanishes from her bedroom during the night, her mother, Kara, fears the worst. Their neighbor Patrick Shields can easily relate to Kara's grief he is still dealing with the pain of losing his wife and two children in a devastating fire. But heartache isn't all that draws Patrick and Kara together. He, too, senses the hand of a malevolent stranger in this trageldy.
And as more people go mssing, Patrick's suspicion, like Kara' s, blooms into horrified certarinty. Someone is trolling this peaceful community undetected and undetterred harvesting vectims for a purpose no sane mind can fathom. Kara and Patrick, alone and desperate, are determined to unmask the monster who even now is watching, plotting keeping a demented diary of undspeakable deeds…and waiting until the time is ripe to make another fateful move.