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For years Sheriff David Cross has been fine to just be the gruff and tough cop on the grind-but this all changes as bodies are found in the surrounding area-each drained of blood with a strange bite mark on the neck. Under normal circumstances, this would be a tricky case, but things are complicated as the reclusive Deacon family seems to take a special interest. How do the Deacons connect to the body? What are they trying to hide? And why does the adoptive father of the family, Levi Deacon, seem so charming and attractive to David? So much is going on for David-and all of this is happening just as his emotionally distant teenage daughter comes to live with him for the first time in years. With the strain of work, family, and his own emotions, David struggles to balance it all and get to the bottom of the mystery.