Alex Taylor watched as the bottle eagerly consumed both a career and a chance at love.Now the former New York City Police sergeant has a shot at redemption in the idyllic small town of Penobscot, New Hampshire. When the body of a young woman is discovered floating in the lake, the clues lead Alex down an investigative path which threatens to rip the façade off, an expose the town's seedier side.Alex soon finds that murder might be an option to protect small town secrets.