Just one month before her wedding, a nurse is shot to death in a reported roadside robbery in rural Arkansas. As investigators work to find the suspects, odd details of the attack are uncovered and a confession paints an entirely different story.

After evidence of a violent attack is discovered in a West Virginia home, the body of a beloved photojournalist is found in the woods. The search for the killer reveals a sordid affair and a murder-for-hire plot with a shocking co-conspirator.