A 14-year-old boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a ransom call: pay or else. Its only hours before the deadline, and the police have no leads.

Enter Timothy Blake, code name Hangman. Blake is a genius, known for solving impossible cases. Hes also a psychopath with a dark secret and the FBIs last resort.

But this time Blake might have met his match. The kidnapper is more cunning and ruthless than anyone hes faced before. And Blake has been assigned a new partner, a woman linked to the past hes so desperate to forget. Timothy Blake has a secret, one so dark he will do anything to keep it hidden. And he also has a price. Every time he saves a life, he takes one.