Detective Sarah Noble investigates a dark case in the town of Slayton. It began with the whispers. In the woods, in the park, and always at night. Then they came into town, down dark alleys, and in the shadows.Before long there was a knock on the door. When the couple were found dead with their faces frozen in horror, the black-eyed children were nowhere to be seen.Until it happened again. Detective Sarah Noble will need all her intuition - and some help from young Elliott Carter - to crack a case where nothing is as it seems.