When the muddy bones of a murder victim buried over 50 years ago are discovered in the aftermath of a Pacific NW storm, Odessa Feldman overcomes her long struggle with guilt to finally reveal the truth, But her overdue confession comes with a difficult price—reliving her role in the tragic summer of 1956 and worse, betraying the best friend she's ever had.

 

Dessa and Ellie Matthews were both 14-years-old when they met that summer. Ellie's father was a foreman at the dam under construction on the Columbia River. At least that's what he said. But, like murder and the motives behind it, some things in life are rarely as they seem.