In the fall of 1994, an elementary school principal is found tied to a tree outside Oklahoma City, launching a nationwide manhunt for Franklin Delano Floyd, and exposing a staggering, decades-long reign of terror and abuse.

In El Dorado County, CA, firefighters combatting a raging fire discover a burnt out SUV with the charred remains of a beloved local man reported missing just hours earlier, igniting an investigation into a sinister scheme, and exposing a deadly affair.

After a wild Christmas party, Ed Amos wakes to find his wife, Bobbe dead from an apparent cocaine overdose. When her toxicology report suggests foul play, detectives dig into their pasts to uncover greed, secret love affairs, and suspicious deaths.