A detective returns to his rural Texas hometown and partners with a beautiful medical examiner to solve the murder of a much-loved community member.Something strange is going on at Echo Lake.Detective Adam Thayer is devastated when he arrives too late to save his friend who had called for help. But a series of obscure clues brings Adam to coroner Nikki Dresden, who’s eager to determine if one of the town’s most beloved citizens was murdered. Now they must work together to unravel a deadly web of lies and greed . . . or die trying.