While recovering from a severe injury, Wisting receives an anonymous letter. The cryptic content leads Wisting to suspect a possible injustice in an old murder case where a 17-year-old girl was killed, and her ex-boyfriend was convicted。一名前联邦政府上校通过路易斯安那州什里夫波特的犯罪嫌疑人开始寻找被绑架的妹妹,这是支撑他走下去的唯一动力。。