When NYPD officer Lalita Singh learns that her partner is a crooked cop she has a few options - none of them good. She finally opts for what she thinks of as the least of all evils and takes a job with a small town department in Colorado.Once on board she finds herself in the midst of a political power struggle between, the progressive feminist mayor and the Chief of police, an aging good old boy. Being the first woman on the department, as well as the only officer of color, just doing her job, while avoiding the political pitfalls, is more trouble than she had anticipated.In Rocky Peak, Colorado, a tiny hamlet of some 10,000 souls no one can remember the last suspicious homicide. But when the tortured mutilated body of a college student is found in the woods the town's peaceful serenity may be broken for ever.With more real-world experience than her small town counterparts, Lalita finds herself knee deep in the investigation, with Chief Tom Doniphon leaning on her even more than on his own men. When a second body is discovered, and then a third, tense frustrations strain old relationships. Life long neighbors are forced to question what it is they really know about each other. Lalita and Chief Doniphon both know they'll have to catch the killer quickly, before another victim has Gone Missing.
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