It began with a murder. . .

As America celebrates its centennial anniversary, a cloud of suspicion follows one woman accused of killing her husband. From the halls of Washington City’s Government Hospital for the Insane to the rugged frontiers of Wyoming, Idaho, and Canada, four men dedicated to upholding the law find themselves drawn into a web of secrets, deception, and danger.

A determined detective reopens a murder case that others want forgotten. A hardened bounty hunter must decide whether mercy or justice should prevail when a missing child’s life hangs in the balance. A U.S. deputy marshal faces a choice between revenge and redemption after a hidden file places innocent lives at risk. And a Canadian Mountie discovers that the woman he loves is fleeing a past that could destroy them both.

As each investigation uncovers another piece of a larger mystery, the stakes grow ever higher. The evidence seems clear—but evidence can be manipulated. Truth is far more elusive.

Bound together by courage, faith, and unexpected romance, these four interconnected novellas lead to a final reckoning that will determine not only one woman’s freedom but the futures of the men and women who have risked everything to uncover the truth.