Penance

An unsolved crime from the past returns to haunt a small town just beginning to resurrect itself from its own death.

It's the archetypal struggle of small Southern towns-how to move on, and what to keep from the wreckage of its past. A new company comes in; its CEO gets the chance to emerge from his own dark place; the town quietly resents it, but accepts the salvation it may bring.

Ranse Moore, whose family historically gave the town its name, has discovered the meaning of penance and hubris...