Sheriff's Detective Wade Kingsley's boat explodes on Lake Michigan. He and his son survive while his ex-wife and her new husband die. P.J. Benson knows Wade wouldn't blow up his own boat to kill his ex-wife and her new husband no matter how much Wade didn't want his ex to take their son to California; nevertheless, the investigating detectives consider him their prime suspect. Although Wade doesn't want P.J. involved, she knows she must prove his innocence; after all, she's just discovered she's carrying his child. Morning sickness, angry in-laws, a disturbed mother, and a burial site that seems haunted all complicate P.J.'s search for the truth.