Nothing is going well for Samantha Strickland. No job, no story for her agent. She leaves town and heads for Mississippi landing in Tennessee with a dead car. Anna Perkins is an 87 year old hermit with dementia. She refuses to answer questions even from her grandson. Samantha realizes there is a story, and two very old cold cases involving missing persons. Deputy Sheriff Johnny Perkins, Anna's grandson gets involved, but can he protect his granny? Does he even need to? What happened to these people, both related in some way to Johnny.