There is the ghost of his father, the NYPD cop who, when Charlie was just a boy, killed two teenagers before turning the gun on himself. And there are the ghosts of his murdered wife and child. But now the dead have returned in the flesh. A couple whose desire for each other is as strong as their will to do evil - undivided by death and united in a sole purpose: to bring an end to Cahrlie Parker's existence. To prevent them, Charlie must arm himself with the truth - of his father's death, and of his parentage. But the truth is buried beneath years of secrecy and lies. And The Lovers have been hunting Charlie since before he was born...