Murder and intrigue engulf serene Parlor City in the 1950s, ensnaring two 12-year old boys, before Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. unravels the web of deadly mysteries.

Murderous con artist Winston Siebert III returns to the scene of his earlier crimes to engineer his biggest scam ever with the help of a notorious Miami mobster and an enigmatic German banker. Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. is called on once again to unravel a web of deadly mysteries engulfing Parlor City.

It is 1967 and ten years have passed since murder and larceny destroyed the idyllic self-image of 1950s Parlor City. Young Woody has now graduated from college and, with the Vietnam War raging, is anxiously anticipating an induction letter from his local draft board. Spending the summer at the family’s lakeside cottage at nearby Parlor Harbor, he is accused of murder by a sheriff who has a decades-long grudge against his stepfather, Det. Billy Meacham, Jr. Tensions mount as powerful forces in Parlor Harbor try to thwart Meacham’s efforts to exonerate Woody and find the real killer.