Max was an ideal sort of a person at home and in the office where he was serving as a homicide detective. In every case he performed with supreme accuracy and bringing the bad guys to justice has been his primary goal in life. Death of a dear one changes the scenario for Max because he never expected that his dear wife would leave him in the middle of nowhere one day. It was a hit-and-run case so not a lot of investigation was done by the police and Max himself. Max was so much consumed by the grief that he failed to see other links to the scene. Now after a long time, he has finally discovered that his wife didn’t die because of an accident. Someone killed her with proper planning and tried to fake it like an accident. The writer Allen Eskens at this point presents Max as a different person who is not thinking of loyalty to the profession anymore rather he is consumed by the hatred for his enemy.
He wants to bring the criminals to justice but at the same time, he wants to avenge his wife too with his own bare hands. Avenging his wife means breaking the law but this time he has to do it otherwise his heart will never be pacified. Mourning scenes of an isolated man surpass The Life We Bury and The Shadows We Hide in the standard. Legendary narrator R.C. Bray narrates the scenes of sorrow with a total grief invoice. The story has sharp turns in it so you should better watch for hidden things in the story.
