the noises faint fleeting whispered into her consciousness like wraiths passing in the nighttwelveyearold erin willit opened her eyes to darkness lit only by the dim green nightlight near her closet door and the faint glow of a street lamp through her front window she felt her forehead wrinkle the fingers of one hand curl as she tried to discern what had awakened hersomething was not right annie kingston moves to grove landing for safety and quietand comes face to face with evilwhen neighbor lisa willet is killed by an intruder in her home sheriffs detectives are left with little evidence lisas daughter erin saw the killer but shes too traumatized to give a description the detectives grow desperatebecause of her background in art annie is asked to question erin and draw a composite but annie knows little about forensic art or the sensitive interview process a nonbeliever she finds herself begging god for help what if her lack of experience leads erin astray the detectives could end up searching for a face that doesnt existleaving the real killer free to stalk the neighborhood