Rafferty’s killing time in the Hallston yacht club bar when he meets Cindy Lawson.
Next morning he’s in jail for killing her.
The cops got it wrong. It happens.
But that leaves the question: if Rafferty didn’t kill Cindy, who did?
Hallston is bucolic; a lakeside hamlet a long way from the big city.
Peaceful streets, friendly neighbors, and family values. Just how the locals like it.
But first impressions never tell the whole story.
Everyone has something to hide in this small town where dark secrets surge and twist and intertwine underneath the picture-perfect surface.
Rafferty will drag them all into view as he searches for a violent killer hiding in plain sight.
It won’t all be smooth sailing.
Because some people will do anything to keep their secrets in the dark …