Uniting in fear and hopelessness look-a-likes stage a dangerous gamble and trade identities. Catherine Stanley, as Adrian Blair moves south to hide from a bleak residue of her lost past and discover a future. Desperate for friends to share her lonely exile, Adrian bonds with two young women whose husbands died under mysterious circumstances. The authorities declare the deaths accidental, but they maintain their husbands were murdered. Rivers Parish, the new sheriff. Roams the dark backroads searching for clue as to who is wreaking havoc on his watch knowing full-well the local citizens are not forthcoming with information to a stranger. Death and dying are accepted as part of life in Ono County, but when the tranquil peace of their community is battered by the brutal beating deaths of a high school senior and a young waitress it becomes everyone's concern to uncover the hidden current in the cause of justice. Terrified her imposture will be exposed Adrian struggles to remain hidden in the background. Caught in a crossfire of malignant forces that conspire to destroy her friends she grapples to endure against the violence of a maelstrom. Can she survive long enough to claim her legacy of death.