The elderly owners of a beloved local grocery are brutally attacked and left for dead. Working with little beyond a vague witness description, Kenda leads a state-wide manhunt to catch a pair of cold-blooded killers before they disappear for good.

Soft-spoken restaurant worker Sharon Coleman is murdered in a hail of large caliber gunfire. With scant physical evidence, Lt. Joe Kenda must break through a web of lies to hunt down one of the most dangerous criminal masterminds he's ever faced.