Anita Johnston may have the soul of an artist but she's determined to establish herself as a criminal investigator even after getting booted from NYPD. When she's hired to track down a serial killer who has escaped justice for forty years, she knows she's getting in deeper than most rookie detectives— but she's willing to risk everything for the chance to prove herself.

Samuel Watkins knows the truth about where the killer is hiding. With nothing left to lose except a broken-down farm and a few loyal animals, he can't be forced to say a word. Or can he?

A CIA agent turned rogue. A town that won't talk. A bad-tempered prize bull who takes no prisoners.

It's a challenge. But Anita will go to any lengths to solve this case... even if she has to color outside the lines to do it.