A New York Times Bestselling Author An Edgar Award Nominee When Army Ranger Quinn Colson, now sheriff of Tebbehah County, Mississippi, investigates a child abuse case, what he finds is a horrifying scene of neglect, thirteen empty cribs, and a shoebox full of money. Janet and Ramon Torres seem to have skipped town - but Colson''s sure they''ll come back for the cash. Meanwhile, he and Deputy Lillie Virgil find a link between the fugitive couple and a drug cartel that controls most of the Texas border.