When a wealthy young man is found dead on the New Orleans Lakefront, with a suitcase full of cash, and a body in the trunk of his car, Ellis and Danny discover a connection between the dead man, and the corruption investigation within the Sheriff's Department, and are unknowingly drawn into a sinister scheme to steal a powerful piece of military hardware from the United States government.
During the course of the investigation, Ellis will indeed find out who is corrupt, and who is not. A revelation that might kill him. While Danny will come face to face with a dangerous figure from his past, whom he believed to be dead. Setting the stage for a meeting between the two of them that may very well kill both of them, and destroy all that they hold dear.