Nothing is colder than bad blood . . .
California Homicide Detective Tom McMichael has every good reason to
pass on the investigation of slain city patriarch Pete Braga. After all,
it was former mayor and self-made millionaire Braga who killed Tom's
grandfather in a dispute over money--and Tom's own father who,
allegedly, sought revenge by savagely beating Braga's son into
imbecility. But there are others who hated the old man as well. And
McMichael is a good cop determined to perform his duty to the best of
his abilities--despite his growing feelings for the beautiful nurse who
is the prime suspect in the brutal bludgeoning death . . . and despite a
twisting trail that is leading him into deadly, dark, and very private
places where he dearly wishes not to go.