Rookie, Jake Cornell didn't know what to expect when he arrived for work as a new recruit in his home town police station, but he was excited. Afer all, how hard could it be, he lived in a quiet town, didn't he...?

When the local Magistrates' Court kept releasing violent, recidivist offenders back into the community, instead of jailing them, someone in the the south-east Australian town took it upon themselves to serve up a more suitable punishment - death.

This whodunnit mystery is a story of ambition gone wrong, when the newly arrived rookie naively conducts his own inquiries into the vigilante-style murder of these recently released offenders.

But his discoveries not only cause him to question his decision to become a cop, they could cost the inexperienced rookie his life.