Sure, Sockeye County is rural—even scenically desolate in places. Which means buried crimes have the potential to go undiscovered for long periods of time. Then they come to light. They always come to light. Sheriff Marge is here to make sure of that. But when an intriguing history mystery is paired with current disappearances of a similar nature, Sheriff Marge taps all her community resources, including the research talents of Meredith Sills, curator of the eclectic Imogene Museum, to nail the perpetrators. Because when embezzlement turns to death—and people get desperate—there's no time to be lost.