On Halloween, Doreen Erbert answers the door to a trick-or-treater only to come to face a masked murderer. Without a clear description of the killer, everyone becomes a suspect. Will law enforcement find the man behind the mask?

When 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart is found murdered with 29 stab wounds, no one knows who would want to do her harm; then, a buried videotape reveals a plot so evil, it shakes law enforcement officers.

Marlene Warren is making breakfast for her son when the doorbell rings; a delighted Warren answers the door to a clown holding flowers and balloons, but what happens next will change her small Florida town forever.