The tenth Milt Kovak mystery from this best-selling author . . . Strange things are happening in Prophesy County. First, Deputy Dalton Pettigrew disappears on a mysterious date in Tulsa. His sister goes to rescue him, only to disappear herself. She d left her middle child, Eli, in the care of Jean, the sheriff s wife, but now he s missing too. Who is the mysterious Dr Emil Hawthorne, and why is he out to get Jean? Can Milt Kovak find Eli before it s too late?"