When his best childhood friend is found shot in the local lover's lane, Tom Britton, Sheriff of New Hamilton County, is determined to bring his friend's killer to justice. When he begins his investigation, though, he hasn't a clue of the long-buried secrets that he will bring to light, or the degree that these secrets will disrupt the tranquility of the town he loves and defends, threaten his close friends, and disturb his own well-being. Once started on a relentless pursuit of justice, however, his professional integrity forces him to follow the path of truth to its inexorable end, wherever that may prove to be.