#1 NY Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a riveting thriller that introduces his first female protagonist, Deputy Key of Law enforcement Holly Barker.

Compelled into early retirement at thirty-seven, savvy, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker deals in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police force in Orchid Shore, Florida. But below the sunlit surface of the sleepy, well-to-do island city lies an wicked that escalates into the cold-blooded murder of 1 of Holly’s brand-new colleagues.

An outsider, Holly has small to go on for answers no one to help her-except Daisy, a Doberman of remarkable intelligence and loyalty that becomes her companion and protector. The closer Holly gets to the truth, the more she knows that it’ll consider one smart pet with guts to sniff out this killer-before he can catch her first.