That discovery sends Detective Sarah Burke deep into a case involving William McGinty, old cartel connections, hidden identities, and a murder whose consequences have traveled across borders and years.
Sarah follows the trail to people who knew McGinty before he disappeared—including Poppy and Jack Ames. Their memories reveal a dangerous past involving Mexico, criminal associates, and a man who had every reason to fear the people around him.
But Sarah is not satisfied with the theory that someone simply stole a dead man’s identity.
She wants proof.
As investigators examine photographs, fingerprints, DNA, financial records, and the hidden money connected to McGinty, the past begins catching up with the present. Every answer produces another question, and every person who knew McGinty may have a reason to hide what they remember.
Because if William McGinty really survived, then someone may have been hunting him for years.
And if he did not survive…
who has been using his identity—and who is killing to protect it?
Sarah Burke is about to discover that some grudges survive longer than the people who created them.