On a dark night on a small island off the coast of Maine, a shot is heard and a fisherman disappears. Despite the absence of a body, Ella Young is accused of murder, and it falls to Matt Jones, the town's lawyer, to uncover the truth that will clear the woman he's in love with. The investigation is soon caught up in the rivalries of local politics as it becomes clear that some people would like to see Ella out of the way. Opinion are polarized and motives blurred when the reappearance of valuable bluefin tuna in the gulf, along with their natural predators, a pod of orcas, pitches the entire town into the heart of an explosive drama, the outcome of which threatens not only Ella's life, but that of all the island's inhabitants.
On a dark night on a small island off the coast of Maine, a shot is heard and a fisherman disappears. Despite the absence of a body, Ella Young is accused of murder, and it falls to Matt Jones, the town's lawyer, to uncover the truth that will clear the woman he's in love with. The investigation is soon caught up in the rivalries of local politics as it becomes clear that some people would like to see Ella out of the way. Opinion are polarized and motives blurred when the reappearance of valuable bluefin tuna in the gulf, along with their natural predators, a pod of orcas, pitches the entire town into the heart of an explosive drama, the outcome of which threatens not only Ella's life, but that of all the island's inhabitants.