A teenage girl disappears during a blizzard and is found dead months later in a neighbor's yard. Are the neighbor's teenage sons guilty of murder?
Nestled in the Vermont countryside, the Duncan family has been lulled by the comforts of rural anonymity. Jillian Duncan, a widowed mom, is doing her best to raise two rambunctious teenage sons. One early spring morning, their lives drastically change when their dog comes to the back door and drops a finger on the doormat.
The finger belongs to Lindy Mason, an abused, 15-year-old neighbor authorities assumed ran away months before, when she disappeared during a snowstorm. Lindy was last seen in a hangout in the Duncan’s basement dubbed by the local teenagers as The Cheech Room. It smells of vanilla candles and puberty but reeks of a secret that can't possibly be kept.
Before Jillian can contact the police, the body disappears. She is then forced to confront a troubling secret from her late husband’s past while trying to stay one step ahead of a relentless detective bent on proving her sons played a role in Lindy’s disappearance.
Challenged by how far she will go to honor her husband, protect her sons and still do the right thing, Jillian will sooner die than destroy the only people she has ever loved.