Renowned Miami detective Anna Dedrick returns to her rural birthplace with hopes of leaving behind the vices of the big city. That dream shatters when the town’s pride—an African-American child prodigy—goes missing. As the only woman equipped for the job, Anna takes the case but soon discovers the town suspecting her estranged brother… and herself.

Two innocents are taken and only one woman can find them. Anna Dedrick lives a life of strife and determination. Where others give in, Anna presses on. It’s what makes her a helluva investigator. Now she has met her match, a serial abductor with unclear motive and an unlimited amount of resources. This job will require more than finesse and skill. Anna will need an iron will and an unyielding resolve. Luckily, she embodies those traits… but will it be enough?

The exodus chapter to the nation’s most brutal kidnapping. Stripped of everything, Cain’s reign of terror nears its end, but an animal is most dangerous when backed into a corner. With nothing left to lose, determined private investigator Anna Dedrick and the twisted child abductor Cain clash in this final ballad that will seal the fate of the missing African American child pianist, Keisha Rines.