Witty and irreverent homicide detective Maggie Skerritt
liked her quiet, sleepy workdays. Violence in Pelican Bay,
Florida, was rarely an issue, and Maggie certainly wasn't
itching for the tide to change.
Maintaining a professional distance had always been Maggie's
M.O., but the more she learned about the homicide victims,
the less sleep she got. Each woman had started to get her
life back on track — something Maggie had been meaning to do
for years. It was a wake-up call — and Maggie was more
determined, once she solved the case, to reevaluate her own
life. Especially her relationship with a certain former
police detective...