Denton MacArthur didn't make it home last night. His wife Eloise awakened to his absence. Maybe his affair with a Savannah gallery owner will provide a clue.

Picking up where the Introduction left off, Sheriff Andy is joined at the scene of the horrific murder by his Chief Deputy, and the Orison County Coroner. They bring humor, secrets, and...cologne?

Bane Wright, angered by the turn of events with MacArthur Nolan, plots their downfall. No one is safe from his plans.

Two weeks before the discovery of the first body, a tense conversation, between Denton MacArthur of MacArthur Nolan, and potential investor Bane Wright, takes place. The exchange between these two powerful men will have long-lasting, and deadly, ramifications.

We meet teenagers, Jonny Pleasant and Yancey Clemons. This is the last camping trip before their senior year in high school, and the focus is on two very different paths after graduation.

The first murder has occurred in an abandoned house north of Erkston, Georgia. The Sheriff was mysteriously called to the scene and it's worse than he imagined.