The day after the events of “Killer Timing,” a concerned Amy (Jill Wagner), Travis (Kristoffer Polaha) and Graham (Robin Thomas) travel to Ithaca, New York in search of Amy’s Uncle Alastair, a professor of history at the local college who has gone missing. The initial clues, including a threatening postcard, make them fear the worst. To further their investigation, Amy and Travis join forces with the local sheriff as they work their way through a maze of clues and suspects, including Alastair's academic protege, a controlling patriarch, and Amy's aunt - Alastair’s estranged wife who is also a literature professor.