In the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia, a prominent physician is the victim of what police suspect is murder by attack dog, and veterinarian Rachel Goddard investigates to discover an illegal dog fighting circuit.
When veterinarian Rachel Goddard and Deputy Sheriff Tom Bridger take teenagers on an outing to clean up roadside trash in rural Mason County, Virginia, they make a grisly discovery: the plastic-wrapped body of a young woman. One girl peers at the face through the plastic and screams. The corpse is her sister.
While her sheriff husband navigates growing hostilities about plans for a posh resort in their Blue Ridge Mountains community, newlywed veterinarian Rachel Goddard investigates the shooting deaths of a beloved local couple who refused to give up their farm.
