When Irish-Indian detective Digger Sharma discovers the body of young woman while hiking in the mountains of Sedona, Arizona, he finds himself irresistibly drawn into the small-town jealousies, intrigues, and animosities hidden by his picturesque surroundings. Despite the help of his brilliant fiancée, Hilly, he finds his efforts to assist the local police department with the baffling mystery thwarted by their corruption and lies. Navigating treacherous and unreliable cops, witnesses, and terrain, at the same time struggling to unravel romantic entanglements from both past and present, he must solve the puzzle before the killer strikes again!