When Sheriff's Deputy Tom Zane is called to an accident regarding a pedestrian and a pickup in the country, he finds a young man lying in the road who has been shot. He calls springfield's Lt. Joe Novelli. As Novelli investigates the murder he hits a brick wall. The Amish Elders. To find the killer he butts head with the Amish bureaucracy which is use to taking care of their own problems and not relying on the English.