When a reluctant professor is named heir to his family’s Georgia pine empire, he’s drawn into a deadly battle with ruthless criminals, forcing him to uncover buried secrets to escape his corrupt legacy—without becoming his father.

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What’s Buried Beneath the Pines is a Southern Gothic crime drama set in Georgia’s booming timber industry, where the deep roots of family loyalty and dark secrets run as deep as the Southern Yellow Pines themselves. The story follows Gray Harris, a troubled heir to a billion-dollar empire built on the family’s timber business. When his estranged father, Harlan, mysteriously dies, Gray returns home to navigate a brutal battle against corporate predators, rival criminals, and his own family’s buried secrets. As Gray’s moral descent mirrors the crumbling empire around him, he must uncover the truth behind his father’s legacy, all while confronting the dangerous power struggles that threaten everything he holds dear. In a world defined by greed, betrayal, and survival, Gray must decide how far he’s willing to go to preserve his family’s name—and whether he can live with the consequences.

Comparable Titles: Succession meets Yellowstone meets True Detective — a gripping family drama filled with moral complexity, power struggles, and deep-rooted secrets.