Carey Locke, a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit, is still investigating the abduction of her own daughter, who disappeared many years ago. Still obsessed with finding her, Carey forgets herself the only way she can: by diving headlong into missing persons cases with the LAPD. A routine phone call from a worried schoolgirl's mother, two hours late after school, should be ignored. But something in her mother's voice touches Cary, and she decides to start investigating. What she finds shocks her. The senator's missing daughter was hiding secrets that no one knew about. When all evidence points to the girl running away, Cary is ordered to abandon the investigation. And yet, despite the pressure from her superiors and the media, despite the fact that all the leads lead to a dead end, the brilliant and obsessed Carey refuses to abandon the girl to her fate. She knows she only has 48 hours if she wants to bring this girl back alive. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, TRAIL OF DEATH - the first book in the gripping new Kari Locke Mystery series - will keep you turning pages all night long.