Twenty years ago Detective Rick Kendrick's mother was murdered in her home. His estranged father was on the scene when the cops arrived and he confessed to the shooting. However, Rick's current investigation of a serial killer forces him to reassess the 'facts'. A string of people are meeting violent ends and the name of Rick's high school buddy keeps popping up. If Rick's mother was the serial killer's first victim, why did his father cover for the real killer?