After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A.X.L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner. Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a bloodthirsty psychopath are distinguished by a confounding M.O.: cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them--along...

Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to...

After witnessing her pimp Leon commit a murder, Anissa Burke calls in an anonymous tip that leads to his arrest and she steps in to build up his South Beach escort business, but when Leon is released from prison, he wants back what he started and Leon won't stop until there is no breath left in Anissa's body.

Forced by an overhaul of leadership to accept a partner, FBI Special Agent Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, investigate a rash of gruesome killings by a psychopath who cuts out the hearts of his victims and leaves them at local gravestones.