Tom Walsh, a retired Washington, D.C. detective is enjoying his new career building docks on a lake in Virginia. Until his past catches up with him in more ways than one. Ramon Cruz, who knows Walsh from his days as a cop, desperately needs Walsh's help in dealing with a killer on his trail. Struggling with his conscience over whether to help Cruz, Walsh meets Sue Blanchard who awakens Walsh's dark memories of an even more distant and troubled past