Mac Griffith is used to risk and digging up dirty secrets in dangerous places, and this time it's her twin that's gone missing. Rachel Anderson wants no help from a war-shocked journalistwhat police detective ever needs an amateur tagging along, especially a damnably attractive one? But Brisbane is under siege and a serial killer's body count is rising. With the clock ticking, no lead is too slim. Rachel needs Mac's help, and there's no chance Mac won't take. Neither of them means for it to go as far as it does...