In the peace and tranquillity from the woods at Pinehills on the Saturday afternoon, a cellular phone begins to ring. The telephone belongs to DC Smith, and it isn’t unusual that the call is normally from Kings Lake Central law enforcement station; what is unusual is the reality that he appears to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one. What can the links end up being between a prisoner’s violent loss of life in another region, the disappearance of two teens, and the highest profile case in Kings Lake for many years? As Smith and his team begin to untangle the threads, one thing becomes clear-they are dealing with some of the most harmful people that they have however encountered.