Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no connection to each other – except they’re both named Maggie Moore. While unravelling a web of small-town lies and mysteries, the investigation gets even more complicated when Sanders begins a romantic relationship with one of the murdered women's neighbor, Rita.

米基的继子莱昂在一起建筑工地“意外”中丧生了，米基打算偷偷把莱昂的尸体埋起来，然而米基的老婆，莱昂的妈妈发现事有蹊跷，遂与米基进行对质。米基发现自己深陷一系列编织的谎言中……
影片根据彼得·德克斯特的同名小说改编，讲述了一场埋尸案因一起建筑事故被曝光并且最终真相大白的故事。