Newly transferred to the Harbor Patrol in Newport Beach, Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Andy “Schmitty” Schmidt responds to a deadly boat explosion that turns out to have links to Schmitty’s past. Already under investigation for wrongdoing by his department, Schmitty is now being confronted by a hard line detective with a lot of questions.
As Schmitty races to stay one step ahead, he learns that the victim had invented a new lie detector. The traditional polygraph was invented in the 1920s and although it’s evolved, scientists, courts, and critics know it isn’t perfect. A clever liar can convince anybody and any machine – until now. This new lie detector can’t be beat. But it threatens a new future, and a lot of people will do anything to get their hands on this technology.