Sheriff Winston Barnes wakes to the roar of a low-flying plane, but what he finds at the local airstrip is far worse than he imagined. A crashed aircraft. No pilot. No cargo. And a dead man lying in the grass, shot and left behind.
With a reelection battle looming and the town on edge, Winston must navigate a murder investigation that threatens to unravel everything he’s built. Rumors spread. Racial tensions ignite. His own deputies begin to turn against him. And in the midst of it all, his daughter Colleen returns home, drowning in a grief she refuses to name.
As secrets rise and loyalties fracture, Winston faces an impossible truth—solving this case might cost him his future, his family, and even his life.
