#20 in the series set in Portland and British Columbia.This last episode begins when a vision from Mike's first big case visits his office using lies and hypnosis to achieve her ends. The woman is a spitting image of her aunt who died in a hail of bullets in the 1960 case, a woman Mike became obsessed with. More diamonds from that old case surface. They get passed around between a murder in Spokane that fits into the South Hill rape cases; an attack by a gang on his partner Rick and wife; Mike being waylaid by a Ma Kettle type and two daughters in Rogers Pass; and a shootout at a remote cabin, hideout of Thuggees. Survival for Mike, Rick, Molly and Cathy hang by a thread, with a shocking conclusion. Will Mike survive his last big case? You'll love this fast moving complex case.Adult language and situations.