When Nell McGraw's husband, Thom, is killed in by a drunk driver, her life is shattered. Now she's alone in Thom's Mississippi hometown, trying to care for her grieving children while returning to work as the publisher of the newspaper Thom's grandfather founded. Called to a site where human bones have been found, Nell is determined to see the guilty parties receive the justice they deserve. But in Pelican Bay, stories from the past are too dangerous to be told. Nell finds that if justice is to be served, it will come with a deadly price.