A Kinsey Millhone mystery .

She was a “Jane Doe,” an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California’s Highway 1. The situation fell towards the Santa Teresa State Sheriff’s Department, however the detectives had little to go on. The girl was youthful, her hands were bound using a length of cable, there have been mulitple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the situation remained unsolved.

That was eighteen years back. Now, both men who found out the body, both nearing the finish of long careers in police, want one last shot on the case. Old and ill, they need someone to do the legwork to them, and they use Kinsey Millhone. They’ll, they show her, find closure if they can simply identify the victim. Kinsey is normally intrigued by the challenge and agrees to work with them.

But revisiting days gone by can be a dangerous business, and what beings using the quest for Jane Doe’s real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.