Jolene Parker isn"t sure what to think when her police deputy husband, Ray, unexpectedly brings home a new foster child. The impulsive son of a jailed car thief, twelve-year-old Danny has talents that include picking locks and hotwiring cars. Following Danny"s brief joyride in the car that he says is his dad"s, a horrific surprise turns up in the trunk: a woman"s arm. While Ray hunts down the victim"s identity, Jolene tries to determine whether Danny"s father did the deed. And it drives her straight into the killer"s sights.