Accused child molester Charles Raymond Whitehead is released from prison by a misguided judge. After his release, another child goes missing from a tight-knit ethnic neighborhood and Detective Steve McKenna suspects Whitehead for the disappearance.  McKenna also suspects some locals may take matters into their own hands.  The cop is right on both counts . . . but can he prove it?

Dan Madigan, a childhood friend of McKenna’s, is upset at Whitehead’s early release and enraged by what he’s sure must be another Whitehead victim. Dan hatches a scheme to even the score.  What drives a man to rescue someone he has no connection to and seek vengeance against a criminal he’s never met?  Even his best friends aren’t sure, but they go along, hoping to stop him before it’s too late.

As events unfold, the pieces start to fall into place for Detective McKenna . . . and he doesn’t like what he sees. Fighting a conflict between friendship and duty, he continues the hunt, both pissing-off and terrifying his old friends as he closes in.  In the end, McKenna may have the evidence he needs to put his prey behind bars.  The question is . . . will he use it?