"A SMART AND RIVETING MYSTERY" -Art, Books & Coffee "WILL CAPTIVATE FANS OF MURDER MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS ALIKE" -Skin Deep Exposures "AN EMOTIONALLY RICH AND GRIPPING NOVEL" -Kirk Russell When a beautiful legislative aide is stabbed to death in California's capitol building, police suspect a crime of passion and they arrest Maren Kane's young colleague, Sean Verston. Certain that Sean is innocent, Maren pursues a harrowing trail of clues through big money and power all the way to the governor's mansion. As the body count rises, will Maren find the real killer before she becomes the next victim?