Epigraph: Hope is a lying bitch.
“Empty Mile” is an excellent detective thriller with a carefully tangled plot.
Johnny Richardson returns to Oakridge with one purpose—to correct a mistake made eight years ago, because of which he was forced to flee his home.
But stirring up the past in a small American town is a very dangerous game.
When a careless sexual encounter leads to the suicide of the town’s “first lady,” Johnny becomes the object of a hunt. His fragile happiness, built in the mountains of Northern California, is now under threat. Attempts by Johnny to protect the people he loves lead to fatal consequences.