Reporter AnnaLise Griggs has returned to her picturesque hometown of Sutherton in North Carolina's western mountains to take care of her ailing mother Daisy. But her one-month leave of absence becomes far more complicated with the arrival of an unlikely trio of visitors: District Attorney Benjamin Rosewood, his wife Tanja, and their daughter Suzanne. AnnaLise and Ben have recent history between them -- history that she can't forgive herself for and he, seemingly, can't forget. When Tanja's yellow Porsche is found at the bottom of a mountain gorge, AnnLise is forced to confront some difficult questions that need answers -- and fast.