When an unidentified woman is found partially decomposed in the stomach of a Burmese python, along with a 9mm bullet, the search is on to find out who she is, and who murdered her.

This leads Reid and his team to a ring of unscrupulous human traffickers to whom life is cheap and extreme violence is their preferred way of doing business.

While writing notorious crime boss Maria Lopez’s memoirs, Kenzie uncovers a thirty-year-old secret that could get her killed.

Not only has she put herself in the cartel’s sights, but she’s also captured the attention of a very powerful adversary who will stop at nothing to prevent the secret getting out.