A young girl is found bound to a tree and brutally murdered in the posh Indian Hill greenbelt, a suburb of Cincinnati. Indian Hill Ranger, John Hawk, must weed through the list of suspects, and with the aid of beautiful FBI agent, Alex Tyson, he confronts his strangest case of all time. Is old Uncle Samson, elder member of the Sherlock gypsy clan who travels through these parts twice a year on their pilgrimage north, capable of pulling off the brutal butcherous act that took young Emily Dawson's life? Or is it somebody literally 'right in their own back yard'? John Hawk's own daughter, Sally, may get too close to the truth as she becomes romantically involved with Brishen Sherlock, the handsome heir to the Sherlock clans' gypsy dynasty. Sally is passionate and reckless, the very thing that draws her to the mysterious, handsome and forbidden Brishen. But, Brishen, himself, becomes suspect in the murder. As the community of Indian Hill reels from the tragedy, John Hawk and Alex Tyson draw closer to the truth. In a finale that nobody saw coming, will more blood be shed?