For five long years Deputy Jim Lawson has wanted to find the man who murdered his brother Benny. So when prime suspect Tyler Coleman rides into Clearwater, Jim slaps him in jail. But almost immediately the only witness to the appalling crime turns up dead and the outlaw Luther Wade rides into town and vows to break Tyler out of jail by sundown.

Then Jim's investigation takes an unexpected twist when he finds evidence linking Benny's murder to the disappearance of the beguiling Zelma Hayden, the woman he had once hoped to marry.

Can Jim uncover the truth before the many guns lining up against him deliver their own justice?