Claire Fontaine is convinced that her ex-husband killed their teenage
daughter all those years back and believes he's capable of killing
again. When she sees him move in with another woman, to play step-father
for a girl the same age as the one she lost, Claire tries desperately to
warn the new bride of the danger her family is in. But when the woman
dismisses her admonishments, she feels she must take matters into her
own hands and stop the crime she failed to stop before.
Sloane Wilson left the LAPD to work as a "sin eater," a contractor for
hire who specializes in cleaning up inconvenient situations--situations
which, for whatever reason, are better handled outside the law. Like,
for example, an ex-wife who stalks her former husband, throws paint on
his door, and makes vague, violent threats to his new wife. A domestic
dispute like that can get messy when the cops are called; plus, there is
a risk that their presence will aggravate the woman in question.
As Sloane investigates her newest mission, however, she finds that there
is more to it than meets the eye, uncovering a history of trauma that
casts aspersions on the stories of both Claire and Sloane's client. In a
case where objective truth is increasingly muddled by passions,
suspicions, and fears, she soon loses the ability to distinguish fact
from fiction. But Sloane knows one thing for certain: sometimes the only
way to prevent a crime is by committing one.
