A young couple discovers a woman, murdered and stuffed into a suitcase on a beach in Callao, Peru. Sergeant T. Rodriguez of the Peruvian Guardia Civil and his partner are sent in to investigate. Finding this case similar to two others, they turn the case over to a new squad created to deal with high profile crimes in Peru. It's Rodriguez's goal to make it onto this squad and be at the center of crime fighting in capital city of Lima and Peru. Shortly after discovering the body in the suitcase is the wife of Rodriguez's partner, the Investigative Police arrest him for the murder of his wife...

Sent to work in the jungles with DINANDRO, Peru's drug enforcement agency, to avoid attempts at revenge by powerful political forces, Major Rodriguez and Captain Perez are brought back to Lima. Nine bodies are found in an lot under construction. Some of them are police officers, including that of a missing squad member. Family, love, and powerful enemies all work to hinder the progress of the investigation into their deaths.

Sheriff Rufus Alpheus Baney had applied for the job of Sheriff of Edwards County in Illinois on the recommendation of a friend. It was the fall of 1890 and the United States was in the throes of deep depression. He had moved to the prairies of Illinois in 1888 after reading a pamphlet left on the counter of a store in his home county of Shropshire, England. After looking into the area, he discovered that farm land was cheap. A result of failed farms largely due to the huge drop in crop prices. Finding the body of a murdered girl in the woods near Bone Gap Road, he would have to use all the...