In 1994, Dave Owens is trying to make sense of a once perfect life that is now in shambles. Fired from a prestigious Washington, D.C. job and going through a nasty divorce, he returns to the small town in Pennsylvania where he grew up. Securing work as a part time police officer, he meets and falls for Lori Grant, an exotic dancer. Lori herself is trapped in a dangerous relationship with the leader of a violent motorcycle gang. Dave is soon drawn into the investigation of a double murder that takes the lives of two friends and shocks the tiny borough. Amidst this chaos, Dave must come to terms with the attention of his uncle Tony, a local businessman of questionable repute, who wants both to help and control Dave at the same time. When Dave makes a startling discovery about the murders, the weave of his new life becomes quickly and violently unraveled.