Karl Alberg was a big-city cop. He solved crimes involving gangsters and drug lords. He couldn't possibly be stumped by a murder in this sweet British Columbia town. Yet he's facing one of the most baffling murders of his career. The woman was found with her neck slit. Her name? No one knows. So Alberg hires an artist to draw her picture; maybe someone will recognize her. The answers pour in. And they all point to one suspect, which is the last person Alberg wants to think about.