JP Weiscarver, like most reporters, is usually hesitant to walk out on a breaking story, but he gave little thought to a missing celebrity as he left for a fun day-long assignment, hiking a 12-mile trail with a group of former professional baseball teammates, their spouses and guests. Miles down the trail, the hikers come upon a recently deceased body. While two of them hike out for help, the others wait. JP gradually learns the identity of the dead man and that at least three members of the group had unpleasant histories with him. Could it be the killer is among the hikers?