"When former CIA operative and private investigator Mari Ellwyn starts digging into the blackmail case of a federal appellate judge, she becomes targeted by a van following her, threatening notes in her mailbox, and a breach of her home. Teaming up with seasoned investigator and former detective Derek Abernathy, [she begins] looking into the wrongful death of a mentally-ill college student, Sophie Michaud, as well as two journalists--one dead, one missing--who were writing a story on the dead college student with allegations of her connection to the federal judge"--Back cover.