As Sarah Burke and her crew of police detectives investigate an apparent murder-suicide in a well-known family of local merchants, its facade of diligent respectability explodes in a burst of violence that rips the cover off long-concealed family secrets.Then, in a second case, the many tragedies of illegal immigration are confronted as border crossers, drug smugglers, federal agents, and local cops all fight for turf and answers in a beautiful valley that's been loved and fought over for centuries.Sarah, struggling to succeed in her tough job, must also find time for her troubled lover and her damaged niece if she is to hold her family together through illness and recession.