Mike has been called to investigate the suspicious drowning of a wealthy professor. Despite the death being ruled an accident, the victim's daughter-in-law insists the man was murdered. She suspects the reclusive survivalist and conspiracy theorist who accompanied the professor on his fateful duck-hunting trip, but what exactly was the nature of their relationship? And was her own sharp-tongued daughter who inherited the dead man’s fortune as close to her grandfather as she claims? The accusations lead Mike to a sinister local family who claim to have information on the crime, but when his Jeep flies into the river and unknown armed assailants on snowmobiles chase him through the wilderness, the investigation turns into a fight for survival. As Mike faces a nightlong battle to stay alive, he must dissect the hours leading up to the ambush and solve two riddles: which one of these people desperately want him dead, and what has he done to incur their wrath?
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