In the Bevo Mill area of St. Louis, a car bomb extinguishes the life of a young Bosnian man, bringing Detective Cameron Ballack and his Special Investigative Division team into the fray of the grisly murder. Despite finding a Star of David charm at the scene, Ballack suspects the hatred of the crime goes beyond a simple diagnosis of Muslim and Jewish hostilities. As the investigation continues, Ballack and his team discover that a principled coalition of Jews and Bosniak Muslims seem to be the target of a sinister outside force that wants both groups to suffer immeasurably. When a Jewish couple meets their demise in another car bomb in the western St. Louis suburbs, Ballack must increase the pace of their activity as authorities call for federal investigators to take over the case. In a race against time and in a ferocious game of cat-and-mouse, the wheelchair-bound Ballack marshalls his logical and intuitive skills as he leads his fellow detectives on a harrowing chase for the killer. But death follows horrific death before Ballack and the murderer meet on a sudden and desperate collision course in which only one can survive unscathed. The Cameron Ballack Mystery series begins again with a heart-thumping and cerebral tale of cold-hearted crime and a dogged pursuit of justice!