African-American homicide investigator Sgt. Maria Lake knows all too well about the world of violence. Emotionally bankrupt after the loss of her husband a child embarks on sojourn to escape her pain. What she searches for is an answer to her why? Maria just wants to escape to avoid the numbness to life. That is until she meets an undercover Shane Quinn FBI agent aboard a vessel trying to solve an international child kidnapping ring. What causes Maria to become snarled in the middle of Shane's investigation? Maria just wants to close off the cruel world and to find peace. But will her insular world last? Why does her curiosity about six little girls accompanied by nuns being passengers on the same vessel put her into conflict with Shane's investigation and its outcome? Finally, it appears Maria has found her zest for life again. But has the violent world of distrust and greed destroyed Maria's new found life?
African-American homicide investigator Sgt. Maria Lake knows all too well about the world of violence. Emotionally bankrupt after the loss of her husband a child embarks on sojourn to escape her pain. What she searches for is an answer to her why? Maria just wants to escape to avoid the numbness to life. That is until she meets an undercover Shane Quinn FBI agent aboard a vessel trying to solve an international child kidnapping ring. What causes Maria to become snarled in the middle of Shane's investigation? Maria just wants to close off the cruel world and to find peace. But will her insular world last? Why does her curiosity about six little girls accompanied by nuns being passengers on the same vessel put her into conflict with Shane's investigation and its outcome? Finally, it appears Maria has found her zest for life again. But has the violent world of distrust and greed destroyed Maria's new found life?