Part I: In the mountains around Breckenridge, Colorado, a hiker discovers a mass grave. Sheriff Jake Galleon investigates, but with a friend interfering at every turn, with his job a stake, with his wife's grave illness, and with the sudden return of a former lover, Galleon will have his hands full.
Part II: With emotional wounds healing from Part I and with new horizons before him, Galleon investigates the murder of an art gallery owner two days before Christmas.