Down river

Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to wipe out the memory of his family's rejection. Until a phone call from his best friend Summons him back to Red Water Farm. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. Nothing has changed. And then people start turning up dead. For a man only just acquitted of murder, Adam's homecoming does not go well. And he has a dark streaks, a history of violence. Everyone doubts. No one trusts him. And as the past threatnes to overshadow the present, Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders. He alone can clear his name.