After his hard-drinking poacher father becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a local cop, Mike Bowditch, with the help of a retired pilot, journeys deep into the Maine wilderness to find his fugitive kin--and the real killer.

Ten years ago, writer Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On the very roads that he protected every day, an oncoming driver lost control, and Kate lost her husband. Stunned and grieving, Kate decided to continue her husband's...