Desperate to escape her abusive fianc , kinetic sculptor Laurel McDowell pawns her engagement ring, loads everything she owns into her VW Beetle, and heads for the sanctuary of her family home in Big Sur. She lands a job in an art gallery in picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea and begins a new life.After her ex's body washes up on Carmel beach, Laurel finds herself dragged into a scheme involving money-laundering Russians, a pair of affable bikers with the unlikely handles of Snowflake and Twitchy, and a good-looking government number-cruncher who's more comfortable in a T-shirt and shorts than a suit.As a forensic accountant for the FBI, Jake Carlson is used to nailing bad guys by following the money trail. His current investigation is floundering until he meets Laurel McDowell, a young woman with connections to an alarming number of his suspects. Is she a witness, an accomplice, or a victim? All he has to do is to keep her alive long enough to find out.
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