First a local attorney is found floating in the reservoir outside of town. The sheriff has declared it a murder, the first in over twenty years.

When Candice McGregor drops an antique figurine, a hundred-fifty-year-old secret is revealed. The secret sets off a chain of events that involves everyone from her mother to the slimy land developer who showed up in Stillwell with plans to build a huge resort. When everything lands at Candice’s door, it looks like it may be the end for her, and only the quick action of the two men in her life saves her from an untimely demise.