A high-profile funeral. An arsonist at large. A stranger with too many questions.

And a devastating betrayal.

Reeling from the news dropped on his desk days earlier, Sheriff Elven Hallie is left questioning everyone and everything in his life. But when a former deputy is burned to death, Elven must push aside the turmoil in his personal life to catch the killer.

As if that wasn't enough, new faces from the Starcher clan enter his county with vengeance in their eyes for Corbin's death.

Paranoid, angry, and directionless, Elven must lean on those closest to him to bring a ruthless murderer to justice. But that's easier said than done when it's those closest to him who he trusts the least...