In 1958, two love-struck, sex-crazed teenagers embark on a killing spree in Lincoln, Neb., and it will fall to one local sheriff to put the brakes on this nightmare of a joyride.

In 1963, Carol Thompson, church-going wife and devoted mother of four, is found in a bloody heap on her neighbor's doorstep; now, detectives must peel away the layers of her picture-perfect life to reveal the victim's painful secrets.