Pearl Lake is a quiet, peaceful town - which is just how Jason Avalon, the town sheriff and football coach likes it. But that shouldn't fool anyone. Jason has an uncanny ability to solve crimes that others can't - big city or small. So after a daring robbery at the Chicago Field Museum and a shocking murder in Pearl Lake, Jason discovers that the crimes are somehow connected. Can a beautiful woman, Chief Blackhawk, and a mystical white buffalo help Jason find the connection? He had better hurry, because the murderer is getting desperate and may kill again unless Jason can catch him first...