The sleep of Dr. Mark Sturgis, a popular professor in a small, Midwestern university, is disturbed by a recurring nightmare the same hour as one of his graduate students is murdered in his office. Based on the intuition of a dogged by inexperienced local detective, Mark becomes the primary suspect. But is this a case of investigative tunnel vision that could let the real killer go free?

The first clues for the listener to piece together come with psychiatrist, empath, author and dream expert, Dr. Judith Orloff who discusses the importance of nightmares and Sitting Bull's great-grandson, Ernie LaPointe, who offers insight to the human condition.