Mesa Times reporter Shelby McCoy stumbles upon a freshly looted and vandalized Indian ruins and begins an investigation to put a stop to this outrage, but angers a powerful local politician who tries to stop her by threatening to kill her lover, museum curator Benjamin Keith. Charlie Pearson, an ex-boyfriend, is determined to renew his relationship with Shelby and, at the same time, continue looting the ancient ruins. Indian artifacts, vandalism, romance, murder, corruption ... this book has it all.