In this sequel to Steve Havill's Scavengers, Estelle Reyes-Guzman plunges into her new job as undersheriff of Posadas County and the action never stops. As Bill Gastner, recently retired sheriff and hero of Havill's previous series, lurks diplomatically in the background, Estelle must deal with the disappearance of a local insurance broker who was about to be indicted for fraud. A far worse challenge comes when one of her officers, on a wild chase through town, causes the death of a young single mother in a motorcycle crash. Estelle handles her challenges with aplomb, even as she struggles at home with two very active little boys, a surgeon husband who is often at the hospital when he'd planned to be home, and a mother disabled by old age.