In a remote New Mexico campground, six people are killed in an apparently senseless murder spree. Deputy State Police Chief Kevin Kerney suspects the slaying wasnтАЩt random at allтАФbut rather a calculated plot to eliminate one high-profile victim, retired judge, Vernon Langsford. In piecing together the judgeтАЩs shocking past, Kerney discovers the victimтАЩs predilection for sexual indiscretions, a history of family betrayal and greed, and a dark marriage that ended mysteriously and violently. But as Kerney gets closer to the heart of a terrible crime, itтАЩs a woman from his own past who emerges with a stunning secret of her own.