When 24-year-old Terry Rouse disappears near a southern Georgia swamp, his devastated mother relentlessly pursues a one-woman investigation that runs parallel to law enforcement; what she and the detectives ultimately uncover shocks everyone.

Dino and Clara Pantazes run a successful bail bonds business and their 20-year marriage is seemingly perfect. When Clara is gunned down at home, however, detectives wonder if an angry client is to blame or if there is more to their fairytale story.