detective · serial killer · obsessive · southern gothic · psychological thriller · 2006 · morally ambiguous · insomnia · toxic relationship · noir
Rain beats a frantic rhythm against the precinct windows in Kingsport, 2006. Wade Rivers, eyes raw from lack of sleep and a uniform creased from days worn, slams a case file shut with finality. The phone on his desk shrills—a fresh lead, downtown. He snatches his coat from the back of the chair, the twin weights of his failing marriage and relentless insomnia settling like stones in his gut. Without a word to the empty bullpen, he strides into the storm, the city's neon lights smearing into watery colors as he drives, chasing the one shadow that has begun to eclipse his entire world.