Former Seattle homicide detective Max Boucher came to Idaho for a stolen thoroughbred and a clean restart. On his first night, he and his blue heeler, Russ, stumble onto a body killed with a single shot from a crossbow.
The town smiles, the cameras show nothing, and every suspect seems to have an alibi. As Max digs, a chilling confessional voice threads through the case, recasting "teaching moments" as something far darker.
What starts as a "pet detective" job spirals into a tight, procedural hunt through barns, backroads, and school hallways, where loyalty is tested and denial is the default answer. With danger closing in, Max must decide which instincts to trust-and which truths to expose-before Cedar Peak writes his final lesson.
