In this, his eleventh outing, Lewis ColeUdash;former Department of Defense research analystOdash;is Sdquo;hard aground dquo; at his beachfront home, recovering from major surgery, when threats and danger come right to his front door.
Alone at night, heosquo;s convinced hegsquo;s hearing someone breaking and entering into his historical home, and during the day, hensquo;s being harassed by genealogy researchers, and then, a local gang involved in the highly lucrative and dangerous heroin business brutally make their appearance known.
The unexplained murder of an older woman (who was an antiques dealer and a local historian) then kicks off a long, bloody trail of old history and feuds, bringing Lewis and his historical home right into the center of the violent opioid epidemic, where no one is safe dash;and no one will be spared.