"Seward Island is a lovely, quiet community nestled in the heart of Puget Sound. Nothing much happens here--until a 15-year-old girl is found brutally slain. For detective Ginger Earley, it is a case that will challenge her professionalism--and her conscience. Nobody wants to believe that the murderer could be one of their own--so Jerry Frankel, an outsider with a shadowy past, fits the bill perfectly. While building the case against Jerry Frankel, Ginger starts a relationship with her chief of detectives that is at once forbidden and exhilarating. But as her personal life collides with her job, Ginger begins to have doubts about the murder. Is she a heroine about to crack the case of a lifetime--or part of a terrible rush to judgment?"--Jacket.