Jack Ireland finds seclusion in the mountains of Colorado following the devastating conclusion of the Purple Button case. After several years of quiet tranquility, Jack comes out of his self- imposed exile to visit his sister-in-law in Ocala, Florida. She beseeches him to search for a friend of hers who has gone missing. Jack reluctantly agrees. He finds first that Cassie might not be the friend that Glenda believes that she is. Jack’s investigation leads him back to Minnesota, where his past is waiting for him. As he is drawn deeper into Cassie’s web of deception, he is unaware that he is being pursued by someone who is seeking to destroy him and those he dares to care about. Jack faces powerful forces with deadly intention in this second novel authored by Gail Sorenson.