Former top Portland homicide detective turned alcoholic houseboat tackle shop owner, estranged from her family. Haunted by a past police incident, she is reluctantly pulled back to lead the investigation into a copycat killer. She eventually discovers her escaped criminal brother Ellis is responsible, framing a dead man to lure her back. Determined to save him, she refuses his plea to be killed, takes a bullet in his place, and later reconciles with her husband and daughter.