In the sixth novel of Straley's acclaimed mystery series an acquitted murderer's disappearance begins a chain of violence & death as private eye Cecil Younger discovers that the players involved are not who they seem. P.I. Cecil Younger works out of Sitka, Alaska, a land of perfect beauty and not-so-perfect lives, where there is nothing more dangerous than an unsolved crime - except maybe the man trying to solve it. Three years ago in Sitka, Alaska, four people aboard the "Mygirl" were murdered. P.I. Cecil Younger helped the accused go free. Now, the man has disappeared. As a storm bears down on the Alaskan coast, two people connected with the case die in separate shootings. Younger is certain that someone is trying to finish the job begun on the "Mygirl" and he will come face to face with a terrifying truth that could spell his doom.