It started as a tragic but simple murder, an old woman killed in the
street for her handbag. But as police detectives Terry Nye and Rose
Tafoya investigate, they find very little that makes sense, and nothing
that leads where they expect. Even stranger, Nye and Tafoya are pretty
sure they've been under surveillance ever since they showed up at the
crime scene. And when they discover some shocking forensic evidence,
they know they're in way over their heads.
Dennis Cooper has been prosecuting homicides in the D.A.'s office for
years, but he's never seen a case like this one. The suspect that Nye
and Tafoya have given him is no run-of-the-mill mugger. And there's much
more at stake than a conviction. This case has some very powerful people
very concerned--and determined to stop Cooper at any cost.