Meet Jack Larue, a lawyer with a conscience. He’s had a tough couple of years recently, both personally and professionally. Most of that, he would admit, was his fault. 

​     When his artist client, Yvonne, is murdered, police are quick to arrest Freddy, her drunken estranged husband. Freddy, a former friend of Larue’s, pleads with Larue to defend him in the murder case. Larue reluctantly allows himself to be drawn into the case after confirming Freddy’s seemingly airtight alibi. 

​     With the help of Cody, Larue’s ambitious new paralegal, and Otto, an amorous investigator, Larue uncovers a tangled web of fraud, greed, and violence surrounding Yvonne’s landscape paintings. Her wealthy ex-boyfriend, her crooked artist’s rep, her disappeared stepson, and Freddy himself, are all suspects, but a persuasive motive remains elusive.

     Then the suspects begin dying or disappearing. 

     ​With authorities pressing to close Yvonne’s murder case, Larue takes his two children on a weekend backcountry camping trip. There, he solves the mystery, but he’s dismayed to learn that he and the children will likely become the murderer’s next targets within hours.