Life and Death in a Small Town

A young man accompanies his mother to her home town, with expectations of finally meeting her parents. What he finds is more than he planned on. His long-held beliefs are shaken by revelations of deceit, and as the layers are peeled away, he finds himself charged with murder. He enlists the aid of a small-town lawyer and his quirky investigator, and they must navigate politics and violent threats to find the truth.