Kirby O?Neal prefers the solitude of living in his rustic, modest cabin on the edge of the National Forest. He's divorced, drinks too much and barely gets along with his only child, Alice. Some would say he's gifted with keen insight into people coupled with a sharp analytical mind that solves crime. He is a homicide detective, still haunted by a childhood memory of an old woman who sat on her porch staring at him as he rode his bike past her home...