In hot Guatemala, Dr. Tempi Brennan unearths the remains of a two-year-old child from a site said to contain the bodies of twenty-three women and children. Shocked by her discovery, Tempi tries to distance herself from the horror she has seen, but then four more young girls go missing in Guatemala City. A skeleton is found in the backyard of a run-down hotel, and only Tempi's expertise can figure out who the victim was and how she died. Her work is blocked at every turn. It seems that some would prefer that the mysteries of Guatemala remain unsolved...

Katie Reich is a forensic anthropologist whose work has received widespread international recognition. She worked in various parts of the world, establishing the identities of those killed during the Second World War, victims of conflicts in Southeast Asia and the September 11 terrorist attack in New York. Books by Katie Reich, in which he reveals to readers various aspects of his not at all feminine professions invariably become bestsellers.