Struggling to cope with his wife's death, FBI forensics expert Jack Scanlon accepts a sabbatical to recover at a quiet Delaware resort town. His new neighbor, Kate, is rebounding from an abusive marriage while juggling a challenging career and raising her intelligent young son. When Jack and Kate meet, sparks begin to fly. But their lives become complicated when Jack teams up with chief of police J. R. Johnson to investigate an unprecedented rash of suspicious murders. This draws the trio into a web of fraud, double-dealing, and treachery that leads to the discovery and dismantling of a major criminal enterprise threatening the region.
