Author Jillian Lauren finds serial killer Sam Little while researching a new crime novel and quickly realizes that his decades-long murderous history may be linked to terrible systemic injustices.

Jillian learns that to get inside the mind of the killer she has to delve into her own traumatic past, and in the process uncovers how systemic sexism and racial bias enabled Little.

Little's new confessions are matched to cold cases; two female law enforcement agents describe how they caught a killer by focusing on survivors who were ignored in the past.