Abstract:
New Police Chief of Gillisville, Michael Sanders, faces battles he never expected; a maligned town council; an unexpected suicide; a near love affair with Meg, the mother of a twenty-three year old daughter savagely beaten while jogging three years earlier.

As the chief's obsession with beautiful Meg deepens, so does his investigation into the daughter's murder. The dark secrets of the town, and Meg, begin to unravel. In the end, the new chief comes face-to-face with his worst fear of not being able to prevent another “love” from disappearing in a shocking, riveting, climatic finish.