A severed hand is found in a canal in Yuma. The "Daytime Rapist" is roaming downtown Tempe. Jill Tanner, PI has a problem: her mom in law, Maria, is threatened with deportation back to Italy and hubby JZ is being blackmailed: someone is after the gold that he and his pals stole to stake their claim in the US. This someone is mobile, maniacal, and connected to History's darkest past...