Karl Alberg moves to a quiet, coastal town to soothe a psychethat has been battered by big-city police work. He'll quicklylearn that this gentle paradise has more than its share ofsecrets and will need to call upon all the skills that made hima world-class detective in solving the murders that, even inthis seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on hisshore. When a longtime resident of the town ends up bludgeonedto death in his own home, Alberg must determine if anotherlongtime resident is to blame. Meanwhile, Alberg meets locallibrarian, Casandra Lee, for a first date