Detective Sara Ponte joins Special Agent Girard in her third big case, this time down in Louisiana. There's a serial killer on the loose and the bodies are piling up fast. Girard calls on Sara to lend a hand with the case. He secretly wants her to join the FBI -- so they can always be together --and is giving her a chance to see if she has what it takes to be more than just a detective. She accepts the invite immediately, also excited to see him again. When she steps into the crime scene, she discovers that things aren't always as they seem. In fact, things get very messy, both in the case and in their ongoing relationship that started back in Chicago in the last novel. Join Sara as they hunt down this latest serial killer in the sweltering heat. Follow the twists and turns in their relationship and watch for those loose ends to surface from their past. Can they take down another killer, or will the past catch up to them and ruin them all?