An “engaging” USA Today bestseller (Booklist) brought to life by an Earphones Award–winning performer: Sheriff Joanna Brady dives into the disappearance of teen Bree O’Brien, navigating a web of family secrets, jealousy, and lies in the scorching Arizona desert. As tensions flare and danger lurks around every corner, Joanna must untangle the deadly puzzle…

When a pair of star-crossed lovers arrange to meet in Arizona's fabled Skeleton Canyon, they set in motion a chain of deadly events. Summoned to investigate, Sheriff Joanna Brady finds herself faced with echoes of Tombstone's infamous Clayton gang while dealing with an unfolding grisly family tragedy in which murder is only the most obvious crime committed.
Under the unforgiving Arizona sun, as an evidence-destroying thunderstorm stalks the barren desert canyons, time is running out and Joanna must finally prove she's got what it takes no matter the cost. Because in the desert, a gunshot may not make a sound if there's no one else around to hear it. . .