A reckoning has come to the City of Angels . . . Karen Garcia is missing and her father doesnt trust the cops - he wants someone he knows on the case - so he enlists the help of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. It seems that Karen is the latest victim of a distinctive serial killer and the police are determined to pin her death, and four others, on the witness who found her body. Cole doesnt believe the man has the guts to murder, and with his partner and the police at each others throats, its down to him to find the connection that will reveal the killer. But nailing the murderer means choosing between the two people he cares most about . . .