Invited to stay at the Carson ranch while she researches how wild horses interact with ranch animals and ranchers, Luce Hale finds herself at odds with Drake Carson, who is wary and unwelcoming, but comes to her aid when he believes she is in danger.

As a series of grisly murders terrorizes the small, backwoods town of Silence, Nell Gallagher, a young woman with special psychic gifts, holds the power to unravel the mystery, uncover the dark secrets that could destroy the town, and find a killer before it is too late.

While orchard owner Meg Corey dreads the labor of manual irrigation to stave off a drought, her boyfriend, Seth, couldn't be more excited about doing historic renovation on one of Granford's oldest houses. Tagging along as he picks up supplies is supposed to give Meg a much-needed break, but the trip turns rotten when she almost trips over a dead body at an old saw mill's forest reserve. But the body isn't the only frightening discovery she makes....