When medical examiner Sara Linton & police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffrey's hometown & things go violently wrong when Jeffrey's best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home. Jeffrey & Sara are first on the scene & Jeffrey's keen to clear his friend's name but for Sara things aren't so simple. & when Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene Sara no longer knows who to trust. Twelve years later Sara & Jeffrey are caught up in a shockingly brutal attack which threatens to destroy both their lives. But they're not random victims. They've been targeted. & it seems the past is catching up with both of them...