25 years ago, Roy Slater left West Virginia for college in California after graduating from high school. That summer his brother hung himself while incarcerated for killing the family of his girl friend. Slater has returned home to take care of his dying father. While there he becomes involved with the mysterious death of a local citizen which leads to him investigating the events surrounding his brothers arrest.
He also reunites with his high school sweetheart, who broke off their engagement a short time after he left for California.
(Book on tape while traveling to Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.)