Sydni Simone secretly operates HumanPestControl.com, a website dedicated to righting wrongs and avenging those that cannot be righted. She is ostensibly an assistant at the Rose Madder Gallery in West Palm Beach run by Oscar Leopold. Oscar thought he had left his law practice behind until his former partner Roy is arrested for murdering a television advertising attorney. Sydni’s new client ties in with Oscar’s case, leaving her with a problem. She sides with Oscar, turning down the case, but decides to keep the retainer. While she thought she was untraceable, somehow the client finds her and she now has to save herself, Oscar, and Roy, while still operating HumanPestControl anonymously.

Their investigation leads to a complex insurance fraud scheme that implicates Roy – perhaps he really is guilty. But Oscar becomes a target himself and is arrested, kidnapped and assaulted as he tries to find the true killer. He depends upon the skills and investigative talents Sydni for help while they deal with their continuing on-and-off affair, currently off. 

The story ranges from the corporate offices of South Florida to the backwaters of the panhandle. The bad guys are in danger of losing their careers, their freedom, or even their lives, and are dangerous and desperate. Everything is on the table. Oscar and Sydni, with their own lives at stake, make sure only the good guys prevail through deadly means and resolve their own complicated relationship in the process.