Moriah Dru's weekend with her lover, Lieutenant Richard Lake, is interrupted when two sisters go missing after their foster parents' house burns down. An ex-cop, Dru established Child Trace, Inc., after leaving the force. Together, they have a reputation for solving cases.
Once they investigate, they learn of other missing children from the same area. A snitch tells them a secret sex organization, with members named after chess pieces, is bound for Costa Rica with two girls. The chase is on to stop the kidnappers before they escape the country.
The End Game features a strong heroine in a vivid Southern setting. Gerrie Ferris Finger puts a new spin on the classic mystery novel in the first installment of the Moriah Dru/Richard Lake series, winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition.