"Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Deephaven, an entire family has been killed--husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There's something about the scene that pokes at Lucas's cop instincts--it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's seen in drug killings sometimes. But this is a seriously upscale town, and the husband was an executive vice president...

When Lacey sees a murder she must enter the witness protection program until the killer comes to justice. But she has clues that the police don't know about. Soon she must return to New York City to blow the top off the case--before she becomes the next victim.