Thelma and Wayne Owens run a bed and breakfast in Cape Refuge Georgia. They minister to the seamen on the nearby docks and prisoners just out of nearby jails holding services in an old warehouse and taking many of the "down-and-outers" into their home. They have two daughters: the dutiful Morgan who is married to Jonathan a fisherman and helps them out at the B & B and Blair the still-single town librarian who would be beautiful if it weren’t for the serious scar on the side of her face. After a heated public argument with his in-laws Jonathan discovers Thelma and Wayne murdered in the warehouse where they held their church services. Considered the prime suspect Jonathan is arrested. Grief-stricken Morgan and Blair launch their own investigation to help Matthew Cade the town’s young police chief find the real killer. Shady characters and a raft of suspects keep the plot twisting and the suspense building as we learn not only who murdered Thelma and Wayne but also the secrets about their family’s past and the true reason for Blair’s disfigurement.
