On a Tuesday afternoon, Agent Sherlock is driving in downtown Washington when her Volvo is suddenly T-boned at an intersection. As her car spins out of control, a man's body slams against her windshield. When she finally regains consciousness in the hospital, she's told about the accident and the man she struck. No one knows where he is because he ran from the scene of the crash. From DNA, they discover his name is Justice Cummings, he's a CIA analyst at Langley, and he's still missing. Meanwhile, in the small town of Gaffer's Ridge, Virginia, Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith rescues Carson DeSilva, a kidnapped woman who claims her captor had probably murdered three missing teenage girls. However, the man she accuses is the local sheriff's nephew and a member of a very powerful family, reputed to have special powers. When the sheriff arrests Griffin and Carson, Griffin calls Savich for help. Together they have to weave their way through a labyrinth of lies to find the truth about a terrible secret.