They killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won’t stop there.Anew home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time—and Shawand North are determined to make it work. But the night of theirhousewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives,wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and acriminal syndicate. No sooner have they gotten rid of her than anotherunwanted guest appears: a street boy named Nik, whom Shaw met monthsbefore, begging them to help him find his missing friend, Malorie.RetracingMalorie’s steps, North and Shaw learn about the dangerous demimonde ofrunaway teenagers. Their investigation takes them into the path of menand women who have learned to profit off the suffering and abandonmentof children: shelters, clinics, labor brokers, and pimps.Meanwhile,North’s Uncle Ronnie is set on revenge, and his target this time isNorth’s father. As North struggles to track down Ronnie and put an endto the danger, he finds himself considering a deal with the devil, andthe offer might be too good to pass up.When North and Shaw findMalorie’s body, evidence suggests she was murdered—and that her death isconnected in some way with a truck stop halfway across the state. Butas they draw closer to the truth, the danger grows. The people whokilled Malorie have the Borealis detectives in their sights, and Northand Shaw must race to save their own lives before the killers can strikeagain.