Sheriff Joanna Brady must solve two perplexing cases that may be tied
together in New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance's thrilling
tale of suspense that brings to life Arizona's Cochise County and the
desert Southwest in all its beauty and mystery.
An old woman, a hoarder, is dying of emphysema in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts. In cleaning out her house, her daughter, Liza Machett,
discovers a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden in the tall stacks of
books and magazines that crowd every corner.
Tracing the money's origins will take Liza on a journey that will end in
Cochise County, where Sheriff Joanna Brady is embroiled in a personal
mystery of her own. A man she considers a family friend is found dead at
the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern near Bisbee. And now there is
the mystery of Liza and the money. Are the two disparate cases
connected? It's up to Joanna to find out.