Political intrigue forced Garth Koslof into early retirement from his position as police detective.
His hobby of making high quality violins became fulltime and lead to his relocation to a secluded location in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains.
Hus partner Estelle, a corporate attorney, had remained in the city but contacted Garth about searching for a coworker, Marshall Godwin, who not been heard from in a quest to find his sister, Cherlyn.
Garth traveled to New Mexico and enlisted the aid of a former law enforcement associate, Sean Caffrey, now working as a private investigator.
They soon discovered that what was expected to be a simple missing persons mission was a multifaceted task involving drugs, human trafficking and prostitution.
Events and persons on both sides of the United States and Mexican border resulted in further complications.
A confrontation with drug cartel mobsters had resulted in Cherlyn's kidnapping and Marshall being hospitalized in a coma.
The teen prostitute, Marita, that they had befriended was on the run.
