Detective Jake Stalb must face the facts that all of the evidence at the crime scene shows that the death was caused by the victim committing suicide, yet his gut is telling him there is more to the story. Does he hand off the case because it may not be a homicide? What if his theory about the cause of death is so far-fetched all of the other other detectives and his superiors will think he's crazy? Perhaps not all homicides are as easily explained as most people would like them to be. Or perhaps the real answer is being pushed aside because of Jake's own battle with a secret he's been keeping even from his wife, Clarissa. There are phantoms which haunt us all, now Jake must face his own personal demons.