Local police aren’t very concerned when fourteen-year-old Billy Tanner fails to finish his community service at their stable. Tossing a firebomb at a police horse isn’t something they can easily forgive.
But when the boy’s frantic grandmother asks PI Nikki Drake to hunt for her missing grandson, it’s a call for help Nikki can’t ignore. Her search takes her to the backwoods of California where a serial killer is pursuing his own brand of justice.