It all happened so long ago. Does a murderer still stalk the small Connecticut village? Is he watching? Is he still killing? Local policeman, Gordy Powell, who lives on a small farm with an attached pond, is rarely put in harm's way: traffic stops, car thefts, burglaries, an occasional runaway, domestic squabbles, etc. All that changes one horrible winter night in 1997, when a state senator's daughter and grandchildren drown after their car spins out of control on the icy road and plunges into Gordy's pond. When the pond is drained in an effort to straighten the road, a 1938 Chrysler is found on the muddy bottom, a bullet hole through the head of the skeleton in the front seat, and a sixty-year-old murder mystery unfolds. Is the killer still alive and living in town? Has he killed again and never been caught? Gordy must use his best investigative skills to solve the crime and capture the killer-except that the killer is also after him, wreaking havoc in Gordy's life…