Big secrets run deep. Former FBI agent Jack McBride took the job as
chief of police for Stillwater, Texas, to start a new life with his
teenage son, Ethan, away from the suspicions that surrounded his wife's
disappearance a year earlier. With a low crime rate and a five-man
police force, he expected it to be a nice, easy gig; hot checks, traffic
violations, some drugs, occasional domestic disturbances, and petty
theft. Instead, within a week he is investigating a staged
murder-suicide, uncovering a decades' old skeleton buried in the woods,
and managing the first crime wave in 30 years. For help navigating his
unfamiliar, small-town surroundings, Jack turns to Ellie Martin, one of
the most respected women in town--her scandal-filled past
notwithstanding.
Despite Jack's murky marriage status and the disapproval of Ethan and
the town, they are immediately drawn to each other. As Jack and Ellie
struggle with their budding relationship, they unearth shattering
secrets long buried and discover the two cases Jack is working, though
50 years apart, share a surprising connection that will rattle the town
to its core.
