Duncan Hatcher

Duncan Hatcher is a young, handsome and rugged homicide detective for the Savannah Police Department. To him there are no lines in the sand that he won’t step over. When Judge Cato Laird lets a vicious murderer walk on a lame technicality, Hatcher loses it and accuses the judge of incompetency. The incident lands him in jail for a few days for contempt of court. The judge’s house is the scene of a murder a few days later. Duncan is in charge of the murder and learns that Elise Laird shot and killed an intruder. Duncan tries hard but can’t hide his feelings for the beautiful Elise.

Duncan is the son of a minister and his upbringing taught him that falling for a married woman was a sin. He was a boy of the south where football rules and hid from his buddies his...