The bloated body of a local winemaker is discovered in a vineyard a few miles outside Carlton, Oregon's premier grape growing region. Private eye Cade Blackstone seems to be drawn to the murder investigation, although the police aren't too pleased with his involvement. Nor is his client, who has hired him to find her missing granddaughter. As he digs into the dead man's past, Cade grows increasingly horrified at what he's learning. And the more he learns, the more important it becomes to find the runaway, if that's what she is...