In the deep waters off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, corpses are turning up faster than dolphins chasing a shrimp boat .
Slade struggles to keep her life, and the lives of those around her, safe and sane when, once again, digging up dirt on the ag business threatens to put her six feet under..
She\'s also juggling a co-worker\'s sudden romantic interest, voodoo, and her teenage daughter\'s determination to solve mysteries like her mother.
But threats might be the least of Slade\'s worries.
Soon, Slade\'s the target of escalating threats meant to frighten her off the case.
Refusing to quit even if it means violating agency orders, Slade fights to save her friend\'s career.
After a tomato farmer dies in a shrimp boat explosion, Slade\'s colleague, Senior Special Agent Wayne Largo, manages to force Slade off the case, citing conflict of interest.
She\'s desperate to believe in Savannah Conroy\'s innocence despite every scrap of evidence pointing to her friend\'s guilt.
When federal agricultural investigator Carolina Slade\'s best friend is suspected of embezzlement and fraud in a sordid case involving drugs and migrant slavery, Slade must question her own long-held loyalties. . .
In the deep waters off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, corpses are turning up faster than dolphins chasing a shrimp boat