Embezzlement is underway at Martins Insurance Group. When Jody discovers this during a routine audit, she finds out that the corruption goes all the way to the top and also includes the mob.
With nowhere to turn within the company, she is forced to seek outside help. Unfortunately, management learns of her discovery and they have different plans. Crime lord Vito Lucero is not ready to have his cash cow shut down, and plots to shut her up permanently.
After her fiancé is murdered, Jody is driven to the Pine Barrens and left for dead. When a series of murders start to take place in the sleepy seaside town of Palm Harbor, the police assume a serial killer is on the loose and the town is turned upside down. Who is behind the killings?
This book contains graphic sex and violence, and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.