A story of greed, passion, hatred, and murder. When Bryan Emswiler, a hitch hiker thumbing a ride through California's San Joaquin Valley, is given a ride by a beautiful seductress, his trouble begins. Within twenty four hours after meeting the woman Emswiler is involved in a traffic accident that leaves the woman's husband near death, and is accused of attempted rape. Things escalate and puts the young man on the run from the law. When the woman's body turns up dead in an orange grove, Emswiler becomes the number one suspect. A taut, action filled mystery that will keep the reader turning pages.