Charlie Mack faces the most difficult case of her career when she goes undercover as a street person to a find a serial killer the police want to ignore. And someone is murdering people who are homeless in Detroit's Cass Corridor--by immolation. One of the burned bodies is her mother's friend. There's a lot wrong with this case: the police won't admit a serial killer is on the loose, drug trafficking intersects with the deaths, and a rogue cop is involved. The timing also couldn't be worse--Charlie and Mandy are finally moving in together. This case becomes the most difficult of Charlie's career when she transforms herself into a street person, and mixes with the corridor's gangs, do-gooders, and the down-and-out to uncover evidence the police can't continue to ignore. -- Backcover.