Private investigator Matt Jacob has seemingly kicked his various addictions and settled down with a girl who makes him happy. Until a phone call one morning changes everything. On the line is his dead ex-wife's father, Lou. Lou is distraught, as apparently his new girlfriend's son has attempted suicide, but for reasons unknown to Matt cannot call the police or an ambulance. So it falls to Matt to find the young man and bring him to help. However why a young man with his whole life ahead of him would attempt to kill itself becomes abundantly clear, when Matt finds himself mixed into a scheme that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.