Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two little children, and the shocking charges against her. In pursuit of a fresh start, she changed her name, dyed her hair, and left California for the windswept peace of Cape Cod. Seven years later, Nancy is remarried with two kids: five-year-old Michael and three-year-old Missy. She has finally regained the confidence to reclaim what she's lost-until the morning she looks across the backyard to find only one red mitten where her children should be. And realizes that the nightmare has begun again.