"Anchorage private eye Mark Osborn hasn't had a drink for years, but a missing persons case in Fairbanks could change all that. Redheads, park rangers, federal agents and low-life thugs are only some of the dangers that make up the gauntlet Mark must run to solve the case and put his own private demons to rest."

Private detective-cum-bartender Mike Breza is called upon by his old friend, Anjo Denovo, to travel to Brazil to help investigate a series of grisly murders in the city of Salvador in the northeastern state of Bahia. A surprise family connection turns the Denovo/Breza investigative team into a threesome contending with linguistic and cultural ignorance, imported evil, home-grown physical violence, and lethal bureaucracy to resolve questions whose answers might be better left unspoken. MIracles are in short supply, even in The Bay of All Saints.