When Gabriella turns up at her sister's front door, covered in blood, Chloe James knows that all is not well in the small cottage behind her house. Is it possible that Gabriella has killed her own husband? Or is there a dangerous murderer on the loose in Pacific Grove? And when the evidence starts to point to Gabby, Chloe knows she must dive into her sister's past to clear her name. In this, the third Chloe James Mystery, Chloe and her colleague Joe travel the western trucking routes to find answers. Set in both the beautiful California central coast and the striking, but often haunting desert southwest, Chloe finds herself caught up in a disturbing web of smuggling and murder. And with it, she learns something about herself.