In Pine Knot, Maine, lumber mill owner Winston Carrington has been murdered and the mill has been torched. His son, Daniel, has been summoned from New York City and State Police Investigator Quentin Price has been assigned to find the perpetrator. Daniel returns via a chartered flight that lands a hundred miles away from home. He is then driven home by a part-time preacher who has been asked to conduct the memorial service. The will is read and contains...