Just 30 miles outside of Akron, one of Ohio's largest cities, sits Apple Creek, an Amish Country village that's a throwback to another time. Over the past two centuries, not much has changed. Modern conveniences such as appliances, cell phones, cars and computers are forbidden. They're devoted to God, family and one another. So when a young mother of five is found shot to death in her home, people are shocked. An investigation is launched, and soon, a community that has worked to avoid prying outsiders finds itself at the center of a murder case--only the second in its 250-year history.

Terror sweeps through an upscale Houston, Texas shopping district when a shooter attacks women without warning. A lucky break leads police to a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to unleash a deep-seeded hatred.