Rhonda Pohs has been hired as a token woman on a small town police force. Other than traffic stops on the highway, her only other duties are to meet with families after a loved one has been killed in a traffic accident. A call from a distraught wife about her missing husband comes in just before one of a man floating in a local lake. Chief Franks send Rhonda to check on one of the most cheating husbands in town. While Rhonda is talking to Kitty Reedman, she is informed that the man floating in the lake is Karl Reedman, Kitty's husband. From the get go, Rhonda is embroiled in solving the mystery of Karl's murder at the risk of her life.