"El inspector Will Trent recibe una información inquietante mientras indaga sobre la muerte de un preso: uno de los reclusos asegura ser inocente de la despiadada agresión de la que fue acusado hace años. Afirma que unos policías corruptos, encabezados por Jeffrey Tolliver, le tendieron una trampa para inculparlo y que el verdadero responsable, un asesino que lleva años sistemáticamente atacando a mujeres en el estado de Georgia, sigue libre. El recluso le ofrece a Will la información que necesita para resolver el caso que actualmente investiga a cambio de que reabra el suyo y averigüe más sobre al difunto Tolliver. Apenas unos días antes una joven ha sido brutalmente asesinada en un parque al norte de Georgia: ¿será casualidad, u obra del presunto asesino en serie? A medida que Will indaga ambos crímenes, se percata de que la clave de todo es Tolliver. Pero ha pasado casi una década: tiempo suficiente para que los recuerdos se tornen borrosos, los testigos y las pruebas desaparezcan, y las mentiras se conviertan en verdades. Will se halla, además, ante otra disyuntiva: solo puede resolver estos misterios con la ayuda de su novia, la forense Sara Linton: viuda de Tolliver. Cuando el pasado y presente chocan, Will se da cuenta de que todo lo que valora está en peligro..." "Inspector Will Trent receives disturbing information while inquiring about the death of a prisoner: one of the inmates claims to be innocent of the ruthless assault of which he was accused years ago. He claims that corrupt police officers, led by Jeffrey Tolliver, tended to him a trap to frame him and that the real perpetrator, a murderer who has been systematically attacking women in the state of Georgia for years, is still free. The inmate offers Will the information he needs to solve the case he is currently investigating in exchange for his reopening yours and find out more about the late Tolliver. Just a few days earlier a young woman has been brutally murdered in a park in North Georgia: was it just chance, or the work of the suspected serial killer? As Will investigates both crimes, he realizes that the key to everything is Tolliver. But nearly a decade has passed: enough time for memories to fade, witnesses and evidence d that appear, and the lies turn into truths. Will is also faced with another dilemma: he can only solve these mysteries with the help of his girlfriend, the coroner Sara Linton: Tolliver's widow. When the past and present collide, Will realizes that everything he values ​​is in jeopardy ... "
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