After Charlie Shivers' rug is ruined by painters, he hires his friend Tommy Two-Lips to steal him a new one. When Tommy profits off of it, Charlie gets his cousin Louie Lemmons to kill Tommy -- but it ends up making Charlie the main suspect.

In this emotionally charged thriller, three young people become the unwilling victims of a fourth's obsession. Troubled Sheriff Randall pursues the trail of an unknown assailant who attempted to kill Jane Ellen, a young Goshen woman. Meanwhile, her childhood friend, Tom Lindland, accompanied by his buddy Jeff, heads west, running from memories of youthful tragedy, only to be confronted with a far greater terror than he ever imagined.