Samantha Rialto learned everything she knows about surveillance photography from Skipper Turnbuckle, a private eye with a bum reputation. Since last month�s job they haven�t spoken. But a bomb, a shooting and a voice-mail have her seeking the old investigator out�and wishing she hadn't.

Samantha is on leave from her job as a music teacher and trying very hard not to let motivating, positive suggestions from her mother and best friend, Maxie, cheer her up. She hasn�t spoken to her almost boyfriend, Detective Ben Parker, in two weeks and the only good news she�s had is that January is finally over. But when her neighbor�s house is blown to bits, Sam is forced to bunk with Maxie. And when, later that night, a man is shot in Maxie�s front yard, and a disturbing voice-mail implicates Sam�s old mentor, the past dances its way into Sam�s present again. Ben and Sam, once again, find themselves in a race against time, facing off against a suspicious FBI agent and tracking down a host of possible suspects, including a high profile senator, an angry giant, and a scientist who may or may not be dead.