An ex-cop from Philly investigates the deaths of elderly women in a poor Florida community in this "gritty, vivid, and suspenseful" thriller (Harlan Coben).When five elderly women are murdered in Fort Lauderdale, Max Freeman is determined to get to the bottom of it. His friend, the lawyer Billy Manchester, believes the murders are tied to a conspiracy to collect on the women's life insurance policies. But when Freeman uncovers a shocking betrayal, he soon realizes the gruesome plot reaches further than anyone thought possible. Now it's a race against the clock to hunt down the psychopath behind the murders-before the killer sets his sights on Freeman himself.