A rash of drug overdoses and a mounting death toll has the normally tranquil New England Berkshire communities in a state of near panic. Most alarming is the deaths are attributed to powerful pain killer drugs, not heroin.When a firebrand Congressman's granddaughter is among four young people murdered during a drug-fueled party, the crisis explodes with headlines across the country after the Congressman tells the press her death was a personal attack against him to sabotage his plans to run for President.
Assigned by the US attorney to lead a Federal investigation, major crimes legal consultant Daryl Richardson soon uncovers a clandestine drug trafficking scheme, a shadowy pharmaceutical company run by medical professionals, and learns the Congressman is no stranger to murder. Not a Superman or Rambo, Daryl uses his detective experience and intellect to work through a death threat and sort out whose hands heal and whose hands kill.