Former child star Jarrod Jarvis lives in Palm Springs where he writes and directs local theatre while quietly grieving the loss of his partner, police detective Charlie. Jarrod's daughter, Liv, who just earned a degree in criminal justice, has put her career on hold to help her filmmaker boyfriend, Zel. She goes to his apartment, but someone has bludgeoned him to death. Together, Liv and Jarrod comb for clues across the sun-drenched Coachella valley, growing close again. But while there's nothing like murder to bring a family together, this father-daughter reunion may be short-lived as long as a killer is on the loose.