Betty Mottinger, a postmaster in Elgin Ohio, is abducted in broad daylight. When her body is discovered 6 weeks later it sets off a cat and mouse game between a career criminal and a postal inspector that may lead to the identity of Betty's killer.

When a wealthy, beautiful young girl is found burnt alive in a dilapidated basement her friends and family are devastated. But out of the ashes, her loving and grief stricken father embarks on a relentless, exhausting search for the truth.