Rescued from an orphanage by Will Trona, a politician, Joe is swept into the maelstrom of power and intimidation that surrounds his adoptive father, but when Will is murdered and Joe begins a manhunt
Detective Merci Rayborn must unravel a tangled web of murder, betrayal, and love when the apparent attempted murder/suicide of young cop Archie Wildcraft, who is still alive with a bullet in his head
