LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker doesn't get many calls at 3 A.M. unless a case is nasty, sensational--or both. Someone has broken into the exclusive compound of billionaire developer Guy Kaffey and gunned him down, along with his wife and four employees...

LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker doesn't get many calls at 3 A.M. unless a case is nasty, sensational--or both. Someone has broken into the exclusive compound of billionaire developer Guy Kaffey and gunned him down, along with his wife and four employees.

It doesn't take long for Decker, his trusted detectives Scott Oliver and Marge Dunn, and the rest of his homicide team to figure out that the gruesome killings must be an inside job. A developer of Kaffey's magnitude doesn't make billions without making more enemies with blood grudges.

With leads taking the team all along the West Coast, Decker is plenty busy-- and thankful not to have to worry about his wife, Rina Lazarus, getting caught up in this deadly case. Rina is out of harm's way, serving on a jury.

But a chance encounter with a court translator leads Rina into the heart of her husband's murder investigation--and straight into the path of a gang of ruthless killers. To protect Rina, Decker must find his prey before death unites his two worlds.