Juggling a family and a career is never easy—and it's becoming a real
challenge for Sheriff Joanna Brady. Coping with the impending delivery
of her second child as well as a staff shortage, the last things Joanna
needs are two serious crimes.
First, the body of an unidentified man is found in the desert, all of
his fingers savagely severed. Following the scant clues, Joanna learns
that the victim was an ex-con who had served twenty years in prison
after confessing to the murder of his pregnant wife. During his last
days he was seen following and photographing a young woman.
Then one of Joanna's officers is brutally attacked while on an
unauthorized stakeout. Because the officer is one of it's own, the
department throws its resources into finding her attacker. But the
murder haunts Joanna. Being a sheriff has become what she is and she'll
risk everything to see that justice is done.