Kate Francis has been a loyal assistant at a Seattle newspaper for the past five years. When one of her story ideas finally gets accepted, the assignment takes her back to her charming hometown of Sunflower Valley.

When a low-level cop, Aiden Magnusson, solves an infamous crime, he is promoted to Sector One and used as a “poster boy” of success. But his newly established status and lavish life is jeopardised when the central computer system that governs his city accuses him of murder….Now Aiden must return to the ruins he once called home to solve the mystery and prove his innocence.