Ten years after the unsolved murder of Heather Shelby shattered their world, six college friends are drawn back to their alma mater, Duquette University, for a reunion that promises to reawaken old desires and rivalries. Jessica Miller, determined to showcase her newfound success and erase the past, finds her life intertwined with the mystery once more as the reunion sets the stage for a trap to catch the true perpetrator. Told through a suspenseful dual-timeline narrative, 'In My Dreams I Hold a Knife' explores the darkness of ambition, friendship, and obsession, and the lengths to which people will go to protect their secrets.