FBI agent Nick DiPaulo is stuck. Just as he's about to quit the agency and give in to his father's wishes, he finds himself pulled back in by the murder of a small town schoolteacher. Not just any schoolteacher. A drunken, abusive schoolteacher that everyone hated. Add in that his boss is dying and the woman he wants is engaged to another man and you have one miserable week in Owego. It's almost a relief when the killer sets his sights on him.