When you make a hobby out of exploring abandoned buildings, occasionally you find something you don't want to find. That's what happens when Scott Chandler inavertently comes across the body of long-lost childhood friend Abby O'Leary in the ruins of a dilapidated train station.
Through the survey of now-desolate locations, Scott revisits his relationship with Abby from their meeting at age six when Abby's father becomes pastor of the church next door through the cataclysmic events that shattered two families, a friendship, and a congregation. Best friend Drew is always eager accompany Scott anywhere off the grid. Scott is also driven to reconnect with his sister Emma, who tries desperately to pull him back into a family that has been forever altered beyond recognition. He meets and develops an instant attraction to Noelle, a college student with a few skeletons in her closet.
The memories, previously undiscovered notes from Abby to Scott, and tours of their now-abandoned stomping grounds unwittingly push Scott headfirst into an amateur investigation of Abby's murder and possibly even an unsuspected killer.