The fear in Ali Reynolds’ home state of Arizona is palpable as the drug wars continue to escalate, sliding across the border and claiming many lives in horrific murders. When Santa Rita deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali’s classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim. But the crime scene investigation shows that there’s much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion of wrong-doing.
Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier when she was dealing with a troubled friend. When she’s summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it’s impossible for Ali to turn away. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there as well, working as patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim, an unidentified border crosser who was raped and savagely beaten.
As more bodies pile up, Ali Reynolds and Sister Anselm find themselves confronting the evil that the drug cartels ship across the border head-on. It’s a David and Goliath battle, with no way of knowing who will be the next victim.