"For six months, Carly Moore has been trying to bring down the town patriarch, Bart Drummond. Everyone knows he's behind a "favor" system that has often ended in murder, but no one has ever been able to prove it, until now. Carly has a lead that might crack the case wide open, but her investigation comes to a screeching halt when someone close to her is killed. Now her only goal is to bring the killer to justice. The more she digs, the more she can't...

Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff's department, but Carly is shocked to learn that one of her lunch customers has committed murder. Carly is certain the woman was doing a favor for Bart Drummond, but she has to prove it. In Drum, all things seedy lead back to Bart Drummond and the local drug king, Todd Bingham. And Carly's father is still searching for her, ready to drag her back to her own death....

After months of living in the Smoky Mountains town of Drum, Tennessee, Carly knows firsthand the financial hardship the citizens face. Still, she can't muster the same excitement as everyone else when town patriarch Bart Drummond breaks ground on his new resort that promises more jobs and money. But the project comes to a screeching halt when the construction crew unearths a grisly discovery--an unmarked grave. The discovery threatens Carly's ex-boyfriend...