Bruce Peyton's pregnant wife, Rachel, has left, saying she can't handle the household stress any more: Bruce's thirteen-year-old daughter Jolene is jealous of her stepmother and making things very difficult for them. Bruce doesn't know where Rachel is--she's not with any of her friends from the salon. Meanwhile, Linc Wyse's father-in-law is trying to destroy his business. And Charlotte Rhodes is becoming forgetful, causing her family to worry about...

"Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject - forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right. But when Jacob's small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes...

"Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker."--from NoveList.