There isn't much crime in Stoneleigh, Massachusetts. It is a college town, a mountain getaway for the quietly rich, where burglar alarms are typically set off only by foraging wildlife. So when Edward Inman, owner of Stoneleigh Sentinel Security, is alerted by a late-night alarm from the house of Doyle Cutler, one of his wealthiest clients, Edward thinks little of it - until a local student, Mary Steckl, claims that she was sexually assaulted at Cutler's house that same night. Edward soon finds himself convinced by Mary's story, though the rest of the town doubts her. As he pursues his investigations, much is uncovered that many in the town would prefer to remain hidden.