WHEN the family of a multi-millionaire is gunned down on their ranch, Lieutenant Peter Decker, of the LAPD, has a case and a half on his hands.

Suspects are coming out of the woodwork from bodyguards and business partners to rival tycoons, but it is the involvement of the notorious LA street gangs that raises the case to a new and more dangerous level.

Once again, Kellerman takes no prisoners as she creates a world in which violence, suspicion and seediness take on nightmare status.