Detective Madison Harper learns that a local care worker, Terri Summers, is found dead in her home on the outskirts of Lost Creek, Colorado. Evidence indicates that Terri knew her attacker, and the position of the body catches Madison's attention. Carefully moving her, she finds a bracelet, possibly a child's, with a red bead clenched in the woman's fist, as if she was hiding it. It's the lead Madison needs, but the sudden death of one of her own team sends the investigation into a tailspin. With her coworkers crumbling around her, Madison must work day and night to trace the bracelet and crack the case. When she's dragged back into the disappearance of a woman and child from years ago, she finds a link to someone in her own family.