在这部秘密档案片中,彼得·克莱恩是一位记者，和他的家人决定离开纽约去和平与安宁的缅因州。到达后，他们受到小镇牧师和该镇的报纸编辑的欢迎。小镇似乎很好，直到有一天一个女人来了并告诉彼得，她的儿子被错误地指控犯有谋杀罪。彼得参与此事，乡亲们突然对彼得和他的家人变脸。有人想彼得调查停止，彼得将停止，几乎什么也没有发现……
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
