The owner of a popular food truck is murdered, his body left for his fiancé to discover. What some dismiss as a simple street rivalry leads to the Calderas, a powerful political family who'll do just about anything to maintain their dynasty.

The ghosts of Nichols' past return to haunt him when he's called to investigate the murder of an old friend; an eccentric book dealer who lived in isolation with his only daughter, a troubled young woman who once held a fond place in Nichols' heart.