A woman is told by a friend that she was a passenger in a car where she was confronted with a guy's head in a bucket. The woman gets in touch with police. But the story keeps changing and the woman retracts. As police dig deeper, they discover a sordid tale of power and intrigue.

When the curiosity of an insurance claims investigator is piqued by the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a young Sikh man, a trail of bigamy, deceit and murder is soon uncovered. Police detectives follow that trail and discover it leads all the way to India - and that the secrets of a massive killing spree can be traced back to one small, bitter pill.

A beloved small town public school teacher fails to arrive for work for the first time in 30 years, leaving an empty house and a baffled community. Vanished, she seems to have disappeared without a trace.