Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across the state. In addition to the usual items targeted in such crimes -- flat screens, computers, and stereos -- someone has also been stealing unique and hard-to-fence objects such as antiques and jewelry. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman is viciously murdered in her Beacon Hill home during a burglary. The Boston police find that not only is the loot similar to what's being stolen in Vermont, but it may have the same destination. Word is out on the street that someone powerful is purchasing these particular kinds of items in the "Paradise City" of Northampton, Massachusetts.