Orwell Brennan, Dockerty's chief of police, is partial to classic Motown, autumn sunrises, and most kinds of pie. He dislikes ceremony, squabbling with the Mayor, and being told to stay clear of matters that don't concern him. A man found in a tree shot dead by an arrow is in the jurisdiction of Metro Homicide. Brennan would be happy to mind his own business — if only the pat solution he had been handed made sense. But there are far too many unanswered questions for the Chief to care whose toes get stepped on as he uncovers what really happened. The forests around Dockerty hide many secrets. Some were never meant to be unearthed; one is still waiting to be buried.