A body is found shot in the back of the head—hidden in a local quarry near the small, remote town of Hanson Valley, Ohio. The police, the defense lawyer and the rest of the town think it's an open-and-shut case: Jude Sterling's a psycho. Of course he would kill a man. For Jude's family, Private investigator Colter Shaw is their last hope. If Jude is innocent, that means the real murderer has walked free. And Shaw soon finds that not every resident of Hanson Valley wants this case reopened...
