When Tim Mulrooney becomes attracted to a seductive widow in a grisly homicide case, he gambles his career and his life to follow his gut instincts. Mulrooney is at a crossroads in his life when he meets Lauren, the beautiful wife of a prominent physician who has been brutally murdered. In spite of the mounting evidence against Lauren, Mulrooney fights to prove that she is not involved.
But when Lauren suddenly goes into hiding, more savage murders occur in the exclusive Long Beach enclave of Belmont Shore. As Mulrooney pieces together evidence proving the murders are connected to the Connolly case, he becomes trapped in a deadly struggle to save his own life. His startling discovery about the killer will keep the reader riveted all the way through to the explosive and shocking ending.