P.I. Peri Min­neopa has had enough. She's clos­ing her busi­ness, mar­ry­ing her detec­tive boyfriend, and set­tling down to a life of ease-until her brother shows up, accused of a mur­der he swears he didn't com­mit. Now she's back in the thick of things, inves­ti­gat­ing the death of an engi­neer who may have been steal­ing techno-secrets from other com­pa­nies. Her rela­tion­ship with her brother is an icy one, at best, and she strug­gles with her ambiva­lence, as well as her desire to leave inves­tiga­tive work behind. Dig­ging around in people's lives is rea­son­ably easy, but when the bul­lets start fly­ing, will Peri be able to keep her promise?