While on a fishing vacation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, schoolteacher Laura Letts-Beckett drowns in the icy-cold water. The only witness to the mysterious accident is her husband—a larger-than-life former New Zealand city councilor named Peter Beckett. Amid sinister rumours, a clandestine police investigation begins to unfold. And a year later, Peter is arrested and charged with murder.
A paranoid Peter defends himself while Laura’s family and friends are convinced of Peter’s guilt. Along with swirling suspicions and conflicting opinions, more shocking allegations of attempts to murder more people are made. Peter’s defense team tries to poke holes in the prosecution’s circumstantial case. And, as the jury deliberates, not one but two shocking twists are yet to be revealed.
