Nate Burns, a former Baltimore city homicide detective, is the new police chief in sleepy Lunacy, Alaska. The job comes with a free room in the 'lodge', the town's multi-purpose inn, pub etcetera run by 'loose' flirter Charlene Galligan. Sole deputy Otto Gruber is among the failed local applicants. Shortly after Nate gets on sensual-bickering terms with Charlene's fickle, estranged daughter, pilot Meg, lost mountaineers find the frozen corps of Meg's dad Pat, missing for 15 years. State police sergeant Coben dubiously claims jurisdiction and flies out the body. Nate soon discovers nothing is as it seems after Lunatic newspaper editor Max Hawbacker is found shot, with a fake suicide PC note 'I killed Pat'. Uncovering more past secret proves dangerous for dogs, Nate and his job. 内特（艾迪·斯比安 Eddie Cibrian 饰）被调往了一座地处偏远的小镇，在那里当警长，小镇宁静而又平和的慢节奏生活让内特很快就爱上了这里，找到了归属感。没过多久，内特就和一位名叫玛姬（黎安·莱姆丝 LeAnn Rimes 饰）的女孩坠入了情网之中，这给他本就闲散的生活又平添了一份惬意。 玛姬的父亲失踪已经十五年之久了，某日，老人的尸体忽然被人发现陈横在山间，更糟的是，种种线索表明，老人并非意外死亡，而是遭到了谋杀。内特坚定地认为，凶手就隐藏在小镇里，在这十五年间一直潜伏在玛姬的身边，于是他绝对对此案展开调查。没过多久，死亡的阴影再度笼罩了这个小镇。
