WhenviolencefromthedrugwarswiththeMexicancartelscrossestheborderintoArizona,andanoldfriendismurdered,AliReynoldsstepsintoinvestigateinNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorJ.A.Jance’sfast-pacedmystery.WhenSantaCruzcountydeputysheriffJoseReyes,oneofAliReynolds’sclassmatesfromtheArizonaPoliceAcademy,isgunneddownandlefttodie,heisatfirstassumedtobeaninnocentvictimofthedrugwarsescalatingacrosstheborder.Butthecrimesceneinvestigationshowsthere’smuchmoretoitthanthat,andsoonheandhispregnantwife,Teresa,arebothundersuspicion.AliowesReyesadebtofgratitudeforthehelphegaveheryearsearlier.Whenshe’ssummonedtohisbedsideatMercyMedicalCenterinTucson,it’simpossibleforAlitoturnaway.Uponarrivingatthehospital,Alifindshergoodfriend,SisterAnselm,isthereaswell,workingasapatientadvocateonbehalfofanotherseriouslyinjuredvictim,anunidentifiedbordercrosserwhowasrapedandsavagelybeaten.Asmorebodiesbegintopileup,Alibecomesdeterminedtoseekjustice,evenwhenitbecomesimpossibletoknowwherethedangeriscomingfrom.Fast-paced,tension-filled,andintriguinglycomplex,LeftforDeadisJ.A.Janceatherrivetingbest.
