Elvis Cole, one of the most successful detectives in Los Angeles, is good at keeping other people's secrets... That is why popular TV star Jody Taylor turns to him with a confidential request. She begs Cole to find her biological parents, who gave Jodie up for adoption thirty-six years ago. But when Cole arrives in Louisiana, the place where giant turtles live, to look for an older couple, a trivial matter gives him an unpleasant surprise. There were already several people who wanted to follow the trail of the TV star's parents, and some of them paid for it with their lives... Robert Crais is the author of the series about Elvis Cole, the most popular private detective of the last decade. His books are published in huge editions. They received the Anthony and Edgar Poe awards, and were repeatedly awarded the title “Best Detective of the Year.”