Teri Nagel is a young, recently hired detective in the Hope Junction Police Department (HJPD). She has left a better paying, more prestigious job in the big city of Austin, Texas to join the police force in a small mountain town outside of Tucson, Arizona. Teri is determined to start her life over and never expects to work on a murder case again. Shortly after she is hired, a series of murders occurs in this small town. While investigating the murders, Teri discovers that she is able to form a friendship with her less-than-appealing boss. Together, Teri and John are able to solve the crime, but Teri soon realizes that the murderer had an accomplice, and it may be too late to unravel the trouble in Hope Junction.