When medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straigthforwards weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffrey's hometown and things ho violently wrong when Jeffrey's best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home. Jeffrey and Sara are first on the scene and Jeffrey's keen to cleas his friend's name, but for Sara things aren't so simple. And when Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene, Sara no longer knows who to trust.

Twelve years later, Sara and Jeffrey are caught up in a shockingly brutal attach which threatens to destroy both their lives. But they're not random victims. They've been targeted. And it seems the past is catching up with both of them...