Ann Malone Kern is busy preparing
for her favorite holiday. She’s especially looking forward to her sister’s
annual Christmas visit. But, several things threaten to ruin her festive mood.
The National
Weather Service issues a severe winter storm warning for the Cincinnati area,
predicting blizzard conditions, and Ann worries that her sister and her new
boyfriend won’t be able to make the drive from South Carolina.
Then, a woman is found strangled in
Ann’s neighborhood and everyone, including the police, assumes it’s the work of
a copycat killer. However, when two more women are murdered in their homes, the
police announce their conviction that the Westwood Strangler is responsible.
When Ann hears the news, the sense
of safety and security she’s worked so hard to recapture since her attack on
Halloween night, shatters. If the intruder who died in her apartment wasn’t the
Westwood Strangler, who is?