When the partially decomposed body of a young woman is discovered during an annual university celebration, an investigation is launched that will take renowned Atlanta homicide detective, John Landreith, from the infamous red-light district of Georgia's capital into the consecrated sanctuary of an inner-city mega-church. Powerful forces are at work to conceal the perpetrator's identity. Long-standing reputations and a prestigious appointment to serve in the United States Senate are at stake. Landreith and his partner, Finn Rollins, must move faster than the quickly unfolding plot working against them. In a daring attempt to uncover the killer's identity, the detectives devise an ingenious plan as uncertain as it is daring. It all comes to a climactic finish on a Sunday morning that the congregants, and Atlanta at large, will never forget.