Adam Norcross has many talents he employes in his clandestine job working for Walter Shapiro. On his business cards it should read international troubleshooter. Instead, people think he's a dull analyst. Sergeant Bethany Leith knows who he really is and has no problem involving Norcross in her murder investigations. The trouble is, where Norcross goes, political intrigue seems to follow. Digging up the past can be murder. Adam Norcross has recently returned from a foreign assignment. Bent on settling his mother's estate, Norcross is interrupted by his boss for a new task. Find RCMP Sergeant Bethany Leith. He also wants to know how her career has gone so wrong she is suspended. When Adam tracks Beth to her parent's farm in Saskatchewan they are drawn into a suspicious death investigation on her family's land. Norcross knows it's murder. The victim is someone Nick Leith, Beth's father, has a troubled history with. What about the archaeologist team digging on the same property, are they involved? Norcross will use every tool at his disposal to solve the murder and help Bethany Leith. Including navigating his way through the political intrigue surrounding the case against her.