He's leaving no trace, no clues, no DNA, just a fatal puncture wound. The police are baffled. The times they are a changin' and Cole Sage is caught in the middle. When the ice pick murders hit close to home, Cole has no choice but to get involved. But at what cost?
There is a new Editor at the paper. He is arrogant, rude, and knows nothing about newspapers. He is a hatchet man sent from corporate to cut costs and staff. From the start, he and Cole are like flint and steel. Who will blink first?
When a teenage girl appears at the paper claiming to be Cole's niece, his life and that of his sidekick and assistant, Hannah Day, are turned upside down. To make matters worse his daughter, Erin, receives some shocking news!