Whenever a local gal falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves inside a joint investigation seeking a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his method through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene – the last victim’s severed hand. Ambitious TV reporter Whitney Connolly is certain the Southern Strangler is definitely her solution out of Nashville; she’s got a scoop that could break the situation. She’s no idea how near this story she is really – or what you will be charged her. As the killer spirals uncontrollable, everyone involved must face a horrible truth – which the purest evil exists of private lies.