When Detective Cal Sheehan learns no ones heard from his childhood friend Mike Hawkinson in days, he begins an unofficial investigation. Cal follows a lead from Minnesota to Las Vegas, and back again. When Hawks car is later found abandoned north of Prairie Falls, Birch County officially opens a missing persons case, which allows Cal to hunt for his buddy and investigate the strange circumstances surrounding his disappearance. But Cal doesnt know whether hes conducting a search and rescueor a kidnapping and murder investigationall as hes dealing with the blowback from a family tragedy.
