Doctor Lydia Thornhill led a tormented life and died in 1920 with her hands tied to a kitchen chair. Though she'd once been famous for her work in the budding field of psychology, her name had become tarnished and, at the time, few had taken note of her passing. Over the decades, Doctor Thornhill's work became nothing more than a footnote in college textbooks. But now, because of a police detective in present-day Boston, that is about to change.His name is Ben Marshall and he's just been suspended from the force for firing his weapon at something he thinks he saw, but didn't. When psychologist Amelia Silvers becomes involved in his case, Ben begins to doubt his sanity. His search for answers uncovers a past he never knew. It's a past that draws him north into Maine's deep woods where Dr. Thornhill spent her final years. What he finds there will give her the world-wide fame she'd always desired, but it could also cost Ben his life.