Boss MacTavin's new case in San Francisco should have been a breeze. And a chance to spend time with his lady, Mai Lin. But when his rich, ditsy client is killed before he can even begin, he's in a quandary--because he's been paid. The Scot in him says Take the money and go, but his Southern sense of honor insists that her death be Corrected. He finds a link between her death and the murders of two elderly men months apart, a trail that leads to Alcatraz. The great escape of '62, he learns, was only the start of a tale of revenge spanning fifty years. And Boss finds himself with just three days to help an unknown killer find the final escapee--or Mai Lin will die.