Dallas November 1963, homicide detective Ray Duvall was about to collide with history. His girlfriend's mother used to talk about the wisdom of the bones, when you're close to dying, you can see the truth. Now, with 6 months left to live, Duval is put in that belief to the test. He's trying to save one last life before he loses his own to a terminal heart condition. Even as the president's assassination since shock waves of panic throughout the city, the killer kidnaps another girl. And the last of all can break the pattern, she'll be dead in 48 hours.