Jesse Surratt, sheriff of Hawkes County, Kentucky, isn't sure he wants to run for re-election. The state of his marriage is more important to him than politics and the law, but he's determined to find out why his chief deputy went to prison for a murder he almost certainly didn't commit. The key to the murder investigation is the mysterious Lorena, if only Jesse can locate her. --- Then there's the matter of an unidentified sniper shooting at Jesse's car . . .