In Seattle . . . six women have died terrible deaths--wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline, and set on fire--their charred remains unceremoniously scattered in various dump sites around the city. Investigator J. P. Beaumont is working overtime to unravel a killer's grisly pattern.

In the Arizona desert . . . Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County investigates the cold-blooded slaying of the elderly caretaker of an ATV park, heartlessly run over and left to die--the innocent victim in a brutal turf war . . . or possibly something far more sinister.

Two cases separated by thousands of miles are drawing closer together by the hour--and drawing Beau once more into Brady country. Sparks flew the last time they joined forces. This time, it'll be murder . . .