Liz knew Jack's former girlfriend had walked out on him. What no one expected after ten years, was for her bones to be unearthed from under a tonne of concrete. When it becomes obvious that Marilyn De Beer didn't die of natural causes, Jack draws Liz into the investigation. But when a tenacious young blogger with a taste for justice goes public with new evidence, more bodies appear. An attempted kidnapping exposes corruption, trafficking and a decade of deceit, forcing Liz to call on a client from her sordid past. When Liz dives head first into danger, she discovers that protecting those closest to her will come at a cost—one she might not be able to pay.

Since trading in her high heels for a PI badge, Liz has developed an insatiable appetite for justice—one that nearly always ends up getting her in trouble. When Liz pulled back from the escort business, she never managed to quit the game entirely. Holding on to the past meant seeing Ted Lincoln, a long-term client, one more time. Now he's been found dead with a bullet in his brain and Liz is the prime suspect. All Liz wants to do is hunt down Ted's killer, but as the trail leads down the rabbit hole of her sordid past, she worries that her budding relationship with local detective Jack Cunningham might not survive the ride. Liz sinks her teeth into the investigation, and discovers a deadly game with more lives at risk. She becomes bait in a trap, but it might just as easily snap shut on her. Permanently…