When 13-year-old Rachanda Pickle goes missing near the Oregon Highway Division, suspicion falls on her stepfather, who has a dark past, but the discovery of connected crimes from the 1970s suggests the truth may be more complicated.

Detectives are close to catching their suspect, but he is already closing in on new victims, and when justice comes, it reveals that previous horrors may only be the tip of the iceberg; a journalist fights to bring the truth to light.