Tessa is the sole survivor of a serial killer, found buried alive with the remains of his other victims in a field of Black-Eyed Susans. Nearly 20 years later, as the execution of the man convicted of the crime is looming closer, Tessa isn't so sure they have the right man behind bars. Someone has been planting Black-Eyed Susans under her windows. She teams up with a group of lawyers and forensic experts to exonerate Darrell before it's too late.

While this book was slow to start it's pace picks up in a way that almost surprises you. The quote on the front cover calls it "slow-burning" and "tense." Those are the perfect words to describe this book. Suddenly you can't put it down, even when you've promised yourself not to read it when it gets dark because it's so creepy. Told in alternating chapters by Tessie in therapy in 1995 just before the trial and present-day Tessa trying to do right by the man sitting on death row and by raising her teenage daughter. Sometimes, crime novels can get too bogged down in the technical aspects of CSI, but this was riveting, perhaps because the forensic scientist, Jo, was such a great character. It is well written, with characters who seem like real people, with terrifying things that could really happen. It's true that psychopaths live among us and this book brought those who deal with the ripple effects of their sick actions in a truly page turning way. Better than Gone Girl, or Girl on the Train in my opinion. I'd give it 6 stars if I could.