V roku 1984 Darby Mc Cormicková s priateľkami v lese začujú ženský hlas prosiaci o život. Vyľakané dievčatá od strachu utečú, lenže Darby si na mieste zabudne batoh, a tak vrah dievčatá ľahko vypátra. Prežila iba Darby. O dvadsaťpäť rokov Darby pracuje ako forenzná vyšetrovateľka na bostonskej kriminálke. Keď ktosi unesie uprostred noci stredoškoláčku Carol Cranmorovú z domu, Darby objaví pod verandou nečakanú svedkyňu - ustráchanú podvyživenú ženu, nezvestnú vyše päť rokov. Darby sa z nej pokúša dostať informácie o ďalších nezvestných ženách, a vtedy sa vynorí vrah známy ako "Cestovateľ". Vrah, ktorý pred rokmi zoznámil Darby s násilím a so smrťou....
Darby McCormicková Séria
Táto séria sleduje kriminalistickú techničku v rušnom veľkomeste Boston, ktorá sa ponára do zložitých prípadov. Každá časť ponúka napínavé vyšetrovanie, kde sa stretávajú veda, intuícia a ľudská psychológia. Čitatelia sa môžu tešiť na pútavé zápletky a preniknutie do temných zákutí ľudskej povahy. Je to ideálna voľba pre fanúšikov procedurálnych kriminálnych drám s dôrazom na realistické vyšetrovacie postupy.
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