Rainie Conner had been on the Bakersville police force for quite some time and had never encountered a crime more serious than a drunken bar brawl or a stolen bicycle. And then - a school shooting! And it was not just anyone who opened fire, but Danny, the son of the local sheriff, her boss! Rainey automatically took charge of the investigation. At first, she had no questions - the criminal was caught, as they say, red-handed. But, having studied all the evidence, she came to an unexpected conclusion: in addition to the suspected boy, someone else was shooting. And the choice of victims seemed very strange to her: besides two girls, a computer science teacher, the only one with whom Danny had an excellent relationship at school, died from an accurate shot in the forehead. And this third victim forced Rainey to remember her long past. Which she would never like to remember...