After a boy is killed during a burglary in the town of Hilliard, the detectives on the case find that the trail leads to the poorer nearby town of Caswell.

After a botched home robbery in a wealthy community leaves a small child dead, a single clue leads police detective Noah Cordin and his new partner to Cordin's nearby working-class hometown. But in a struggling community full of desperate suspects, including a local laborer, the fuse is lit on a conflict that goes far deeper than homicide. A shocking crime, an extreme investigation, and the tensions and passions will explode in a county called Meskada....