In this book of the Hunt-U.S. Marshal series, Hunt receives a surprise visit from Beth's sister and new husband. A husband that matches the description of a wanted fugitive from New York wanted for rape, robbery and murder. Clayton leads two other U.S. Deputy Marshals on a manhunt across Utah. A trail stained with the blood of a Deputy Sheriff, and the Sheriff was murdered in a town that appears that they could care less. Earl and Jewels track cattle thieves and murderers from a small Texas town located near the Panhandle, across Texas and New Mexico, resulting in a gun battle near the Mexico border. The survivors are arrested and returned to Amarillo for trial. Ben and Jason are sent to solve the crime of a highway robber that appears to vanish, after every robbery, leaving no tracks, and appears to walk into solid rock walls and disappears, leaving no trail or sign of his existence, thus, he is referred to as, The Rock Ghost.