Effie Pitts is not your typical hero of a crime novel. Looking for her husband who disappeared during a bachelor trip across the border, Effie stumbles onto a hidden connection between a series of crimes plaguing the citizens of Plattsburgh, New York. Tourists and shoppers have been disappearing for four years, and locals are certain a serial killer is prowling the streets of the small border town-that is until a mysterious cult known as The Pure White Hand surfaces. Effie travels to the United States looking for answers, but she only finds more questions. Where is her husband? Has she bitten off more than she can chew?