In the third entry to the series Alaska P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab with a head wound a child custody case from hell and the clients to match. Confrontational and obsessed Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her and thus she hires Cecil Younger to investigate. This is the first time Younger has to deal with lawyers in flashy suits and overused paper shredders. When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown Youngers custody case swiftly turns into a murder. Younger is fired from the defense team but he cant stop thinking about the case and keeps on with the investigation alone. Hes not sure what keeps him involved. Is it Priscillas sister (his lost love)? His regard for truth as a rare commodity? Or the head injury Priscillas ex gave him? But theres one thing he knows: he wont let go until its solved even if it kills him