Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective - or she was, before medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing and wondering what really happens behind closed doors. When a teenage girl ends up dead because of drugs at a music festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Brings emotional depth to the betrayals and secrets that lie close to home.