Detective Tig Pollard returns to her coastal hometown hoping for a fresh start, but peace is short-lived when 18-year-old Maeve is found drugged and assaulted in a cane field. As Tig investigates, she uncovers a troubling pattern—young women targeted by men who first appear to be their protectors. The case stirs deep divisions in the town, and when one suspect turns up dead, the pressure rises. Meanwhile, as tensions in the case escalate, Tig’s past resurfaces—an old flame, a long-buried betrayal, and a victim from a failed case seeking refuge. As the truth unravels, she’s forced to confront not just the crimes, but the moral cost of the answers she finds.