Homicide Detective Inspector Michael Ballard is vigorously resisting retirement; not wishing to walk away from continuing to serve society by investigating and solving complex criminal cases.

The brutal murder of a factory owner has him and his partner applying their 'old school' policing skills to hunt down the killer.

But while Ballard is hunting the killer - is the killer hunting him?

An absorbing murder mystery set in the often violent world of modern day law enforcement.