When Nick Davis's sister-in-law is found brutally murdered, investigators see it as either a case of mistaken identity or the work of her jealous fiancé. As a federal prosecutor, Nick wants to shepherd the case to a swift conclusion, but that fiancé happens to be Henry Tatlock, one of his most trusted associates. While the community clamors for this outwardly frightening, but mild-mannered, man to be punished, Nick finds himself torn between disbelief and rage and his family begins to fall apart. Nick must pick his side in a moral and legal battle that could ruin everything he holds dear.