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little boy found dead after "killed" by little league coach/ English teacher, Terry Maitland.
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The citizens say he was the one who did it. cameras pin pointed him and proved it was him, but also ~700 miles away people and cameras also say he was at a school board meeting, the same time Frankie was found dead.
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due to recent events the town talks about their family and Marcy, the mother, takes her kids out of school to prevent bulling, and every homeschool teacher turns out to be reporters wanting the inside scoop.
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during Terrys court date, on the way in, the boy's, frankie, brother shows up and shoots Terry and some of the protetion officers, gives the main police character, Ralph Anderson, PTSD.
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the police team hires a private investigator named holly, who is clamed to be able to feel things that people cant. she ends up finding information on a/an entity, that shapeshifts into people and commits murders.
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they find out that its an actual monster and they decide to take it down.
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the book ends with them taking down the outsider, and theey clear up the Maitland's name.