When Homicide Investigator Lucinda Pierce finds Candace Eagleton hanging from a rail in her home, a thick rope knotted around her, she vows to catch her killer. A note exposes Candace's marriage to wealthy husband Frank as a sham, making him Lucinda’s prime suspect.
Lucinda’s boyfriend, FBI Special Agent in Charge Jake Lovett, is sure he’s dealing with a nutcase when Charles David Rowland claims to have information about a murder that took place thirty years ago with links to a high-ranking person in the US government. But when Charles is killed in a brutal hit-and-run, Jake realizes he’s made a mistake.
Searching Charles’ shabby apartment,Jake finds a list of four names, including Charles’ own and Candace’s. What connects them, and can Lucinda and Jake find the other names on Charles’ list before it’s too late?
