Macduff Brooks has lost his wife, Lucinda, who was abducted by her former husband and murderer in the wicker man episode - Robert Ellsworth-Kent. Macduff is searching for her while continuing to avoid Juan Pablo Herzog, his Guatemalan nemesis who is seeking Macduff's death. Murders now begin on Montana's Gallatin River as inflatable fishing boats float into barbed wire strung across the narrow river. Macduff's daughter Elsbeth and a Florida friend, Grace Justice, help Macduff adjust to a life without Lucinda.