Small-town reporter Vince Marshall faces looming deadlines, an over-the-edge boss, a wife he suspects is cheating, and the challenge of balancing his career while raising a toddler. The last thing he needs is for his mother to become the suspect in a mysterious woman's death -- a story he's covering for the local newspaper. Vince searches for answers and runs up against the town's irascible police chief, an untouchable influential family, and a rogue detective -- who are all trying to kill the story for their own reasons.