One of Jonas McCleary's chief assets is that he's good at written tests. That's how he becomes a detective in tiny Sand Bluff. The town hired him as a detective because it can't afford to buy any more uniforms. Detectives don't need a uniform. And the kicker is that Jonas is more than willing to drive his own '72 pickup.

Jonas is wearing a big smile. A cushy job in a town where nothing ever happens...and he thinks he may just have found Miss Right.

But on his third day as Sand Bluff's Chief Detective, a fellow officer manages to drag in a drunk that turns out to have two bullet  holes in the back of his head.

Jonas loses his smile now as he is handed his first case...and he doesn't have a clue!

Before he even gets off to a good start, hot sexy Twyla Peters is found lying in a pool of blood, and she won't be the last victim.

Jonas has to walk down a twisting path that will lead him through the dark underbelly of Sand Bluff — and stay alive — if he hopes to clear this case and see justice done.