Pinkerton detective, Will Fox trails the runaway witness to a bank robbery to Red Gorge, Dakota Territory. He soon finds the subject of his investigation brutally murdered in close proximity to the Double S Tavern. Tavern manager, Charlotte Atkins recognizes the dead man as an associate of her late, former lover. As her checkered past comes back to haunt her, Charlotte may know more about the crime than even she realizes. Uncovering the truth could endanger her life but helping Will Fox catch the killer could finally put her past to rest.