Evensong is a school for orphaned children who've been traumatised by violent crime. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles have connections with two of its students, but when someone starts to leave bizarre messages in the woods, they discover that even a school protected by locked gates and acres of forest cannot shut out a gathering threat. As Jane and Maura struggle to interpret the clues, the resourceful students of Evensong are also investigating. But only one among them holds the key to the mystery: Claire Ward, the girl who survived not one, but two family massacres.