Joined by a bottle-and-cans man, a beautiful bartender, and two Bremerton city detectives, Sheriff Bud Blair sets out to find a connection between a dead sailor in Washington and the Oregon murder of an unidentified "John Doe."An anonymous phone call, a confrontation with the NCIS, Crazy Charlie, and drug runners who may have connections to the Middle East make the case increasingly complex.When the dust settles, Bud is left with a new homicide to solve, a suspicion that a mole is hiding in the NCIS, and an unpaid debt to a man who doesn't officially exist -- the mysterious Stone Fly.