How far would you go to protect a friend? For bounty hunter Grace deHaviland and sheriff's deputy Suzie Jensen the answer may be: until someone ends up dead. Rhona Hasen says she didn't kill her husband. The police say otherwise. Still, Sheriff's Deputy Suzie Jensen wants to believe her. Yet her efforts to investigate the murder go awry when Ro skips bail and Grace deHaviland-Columbus, Ohio's top bounty hunter and Suzie's best friend-takes the case. Now pitted against her best friend in a race against time and with a deadly street gang out for blood, can Grace unravel the mystery of Rhona's husband's death in time to stop more murders-like Suzie Jensen's and her own.