Summer 1980: despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into the forest. Only one comes out, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide - a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. They're both desperate to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they're reluctant to share.
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