A Marine who can't remember. A detective who wants him to forget. It'll take them both to catch a serial killer. There's a serial killer in Robins, Alabama, and he's targeting women who look like the missing young woman Samuel Dexter and his PI mentor, Jillian, are searching for. As Sam trains to become a Private Investigator, he is also learning more about being a medium. During his missing persons case, two ghosts contact Sam, allowing him to put both new sets of skills to use. In Orlando Shaw's years as a detective in small town Robins, he's never come up against a serial killer. Until now. The killer is smart, leaving only the most elusive clues behind. Orlando has always relied on his team, but as the killer continues to evade capture, Orlando turns to the one person who has connections beyond his reach - his lover, Sam. Navigating the rough waters of their reunion, Sam and Orlando learn there is give and take in a relationship. The love they felt as teens is gone, replaced with a more mature love, and it will take compromise by both men to make it work. With the help of his little ghost, Cindy, Sam embraces his new gifts as together they help solve another crime. The Ghost in the Water is book 2 in the Samuel Dexter Series. These books are written to be read in order.