Cut loose from his former life at the coroner’s office, Clay Edison has set up shop as a private investigator. It’s steady, safe work. Until it isn’t. The trouble begins when a young man, tasked with managing his grandmother’s estate, hires Clay to examine some minor financial discrepancies. All the evidence points to a tiny town on California’s rugged, remote Lost Coast. Clay’s reward for surviving the journey is a trigger-happy welcoming committee, ready to guard their secrets with lethal force.