Terror grips Casey Lawrence when she steps into her ravaged, blood-spattered study. Her ex-husband is missing, and she's the prime suspect in his disappearance. A grisly crime she has kept secret for seventeen years sucks her into a conspiracy between a drug kingpin and doctors selling prescriptions for controlled substances. At risk are her career, her freedom, and her life. Lawrence fights back using a well-honed survival instinct and the help of a former cop who believes you can't always play by the rules.