When a popular fishing captain is murdered on his own trawler, everyone in Haversport, Mass. knows a young deckhand named Ben Broome did it. The problem is that he’s discovered the perfect hiding place. While Detective Lillian Grimes obsessively searches for the killer, Ben starts a new life writing for the tiny Coastal Packet newspaper on the South Carolina coast. When a half-eaten body washes ashore, cunning, charismatic Ben is assigned as the lead reporter and his career takes off. But his articles also lead Grimes closer to the truth. She teams up with hungry reporter Florence Park to sniff out the truth before Ben can charm--or kill--his way to freedom.