When the Penny Drops

Ten years ago, an unidentified woman was buried after a train accident. With advances in DNA testing, the NAMUS project wants to dig her up and try to identify her. When they exhume the coffin, there's a second body... In Carlos's five years with the police force in the sleepy town of Bells Hill, Illinois', he's only encountered one violent crime, one that continues to haunt him. That incident has left him reconsidering whether he's cut out for the job. Bella, her best friend Shyan, and Carlos have been friends since high school, but when Carlos went to the police academy, Bella felt it was the ultimate betrayal. As a teenager, her father would call the police to track her down when she wasn't where she was expected to be, creating trauma and distrust of the police in general. While she loves Carlos when he's not in uniform, she can't see past the badge when he's on duty. A ghost follows Carlos home from the exhumation and takes up residence in Bella's coffee shop. It warns that "she isn't safe," but the "she" in question remains uncertain. In addition, several women in surrounding jurisdictions have been turning up dead, and the one thing they all have in common is complaints against the police officer who terrorized Bella in her youth. Is Bella next?