Private investigator mysteries aren't known for second chances-or clean exits. But in Cabo San Lucas, nothing stays buried forever.

Still grieving his wife's sudden death, Ethan Cruickshank isn't looking for work-or trouble. But when former rival Jeff LaForge, now a wealthy e-commerce mogul, claims someone wants him dead, Ethan reluctantly takes the case.

The deeper Ethan digs, the more tangled the threads become. There's LaForge's charismatic wife, Abby-Ethan's former flame and the reason LaForge never trusted him. There's the murdered photographer, Jimmy Hopper-beloved by all, except, apparently, his killer. And then there's the trio of goons who leave Ethan bloodied in a restaurant parking lot.

As old grudges resurface and bodies fall, Ethan must navigate deadly secrets, lingering guilt, and the shadows of his past. In a paradise where truth is slippery and nothing is as it seems, one question haunts him: Why did LaForge hire him at all?

With the past closing in and bodies hitting the sand, Ethan must figure out who to trust-and why LaForge hired him in the first place.