When Nathan Hawk is fired from the police service he wonders what he’ll do with the rest of his life. The future is certainly brighter, given his new romance with a local doctor, Laura Peterson, but there’s still something missing…
And then a neighbour does him the courtesy of getting himself murdered. The local police tell Hawk not to get involved but that’s red rag to a bull. Pretty soon he’s back where he should be – catching a killer.