Aside from his physical injuries, the doctors can find nothing wrong with him at all. It seems that he just isn't going to speak.

At long last, Deacon Oaks has its first real mystery. But it is to be short lived. With no clues and no idea of the man's identity, there is nothing Alex and his boys can do. Since the man was clearly responsible for the accident, the case is closed, and he is moved to the mental health wing at the local state hospital, taking Alex's hopes of excitement and intrigue with him.

Two months later, Christmas and New Years are over, and life for the sheriff is back to normal, the accident now a distant memory. But a call from the state hospital is about to bring it all flooding back.