After a toddler's death drives Cindy Abernathy out of child protection, a new job as a web designer gives her hope-until a grizzly murder threatens to rip it away.The police settle on the obvious suspect, a young dishwasher placed there by a mental health agency. Cindy is determined to find the real killer, but the dark forces she uncovers threaten to take away much more than her job.An old boyfriend, a brother with mental illness, and his oddball friends all seem to weigh her down, but now that she needs them, will they be enough to save her?