Roger Pyles, forensics expert and reluctant crime investigator, has returned to drowning his personal problems away in alcohol. Canaveral Flats Chief of Police Bill Kenney, the closest thing Roger has to a friend in this world, presents him with a cold case involving a particularly brutal murder and asks him to look into it. Roger finds Bill was one of the two main suspects. Will Roger take up the challenge, remain sober, and complete the task? And what if he discovers his friend is the killer? Does Bill have ulterior motives? Why is he doing this? Will Roger find the killer without also becoming a crime victim himself?