Patrol Officer Louise Sanchez knows the northern New Mexico roads well. But when she’s asked to fill in for Detective Pascal Ruiz, who’s awaiting trial, she finds herself in unfamiliar territory. During her first week on the job, high-powered attorney, Webster Madison, is found with a butcher knife in his heart. At the scene, Sanchez only discovers two pieces of evidence: twenty-one dollars in board game money and the photo of a woman from an online dating site. His autopsy detects a date-rape drug in his bloodwork. Against her better judgment, Sanchez seeks help from Ruiz, and in return gathers information on his father’s missing lady friend along with missing Native American pottery.

As Louise pursues three different women connected to Madison, she uncovers secrets about his life but the clues just don’t add up. While following her intuition and blazing her investigative trail, it soon becomes clear that she’s way out of her league.