US Marshal Jack Dillon is sent to the coastal village of Skerries to investigate a murder. Since his partner, D.I. Paddy Suel, can't make it, Dillon is accompanied by D.I. Kevin Rafferty. Turns out that the victim of the murder is an American. What's even worse is that D.I. Rafferty is killed in a car accident returning to Dublin...Or was it an accident? Things get very complicated very fast. Dillon is sent to the west of Ireland to investigate...