Jane has retired from teaching school, divorced her boring husband, found a much better companion in hound-mutt Lizette, and bought 250 acres of remote, rough woodland in middle Tennessee. She hopes to finally connect with nature. Instead of solitude, she hears shooting in the woods just off her property. She and Lizette investigate. She discovers two bearded men camped there. They are clearly trying to hide their activities and are hostile and threatening. The county sheriff's department is no help. Jane gradually pieces together some suspicions, and hires a local low-life to investigate....