When a chance phone call throws Zoe back into the grisly world of crime.
Zoe does everything to track down the truth behind the Panway River murder.

After surviving multiple attacks on her life and uncovering mass injustice.
Zoe Fontaine is thankful to Leo Rowden, the reclusive military veteran, for his companionship.
With the Linmans’ case seemingly over, Zoe looks forward to some needed rest.
But an unexpected phone call would soon change everything.

A body was found beside the Panway River, and the victim has a consequential connection to her.
The sheriff has ruled it a suicide, but Zoe believes otherwise.
As the messy connections begin to wrap around Zoe, and their tangled history is exposed.
Zoe stumbles on a dark clue between the victim and a local group.
There’s a sinister story behind the wholesome facade of The Panway Paddlers.
And Zoe will have to dig deep to solve the case before its insidious seeds take over the sleepy town.

Meanwhile, Leo and Dunridge try to gather more evidence of the toxicity scandal plaguing Sapphire Valley.
With each new revelation opening another arm of Linmans’ corruption.
They wonder if they can ever truly beat the big corporation in a world that runs on money and power.
It seems, Linmans’ greed has no end, and the evil trying to take over the quiet town may soon meet its match.

From the river to the valley, nothing will stop Zoe from unmasking the wickedness seeping beneath the town.
There are whispers in the valley, and this tale will leave an aftershock.