When an awkward boy from New York City moves with his mother to the tiny town of Reed's Spring, Missouri, he finds fitting in at the high school to be an uphill battle. Befriended by a cheerleader, the boy's infatuation – and his desire to make this new place his true home – turns to obsession over time.

Detective Booger McClain gets pulled into the drama when he is hired to catch a cheating husband. What unfolds is a tale of death and regret, love and loss. McClain is on the right track to discovering the truth when he learns the path he's taken leads only to an early grave. Will authorities listen to Booger in time, or will a hillside plot hold the answers forever?