Mercy, North Carolina, 1986. The mine provides the work. The church brings everyone together. And Detective Brice Hunt knows the people he protects as well as he knows his own family.
Then his best friend is found shot dead in the church office.
Reverend Colton Simmons counseled their marriages, buried their parents, and welcomed anyone who needed help. Brice cannot imagine who would want him dead. He’s even less prepared to find the answer among the people filling the pews. An idea he refuses to accept.
FBI agent Tina Parish arrives with questions Brice doesn’t want to ask. She needs his knowledge of Mercy. He needs her help finding a killer. But every lead means questioning someone he trusts.
Brice wants justice for his friend. He also wants his town to feel safe again.
But someone in Mercy is going to make sure neither happens.