Jazz musician Grady Skinner's girlfriend wants a commitment but he can't give it until he deals with a ghost from his past. He's ready to sail his sloop, Mindsweeper, to the Abacos Islands off
Florida's coast to put the past behind him once and for all, but on the eve of the trip his brother is killed at a drug bust. Knowing that is impossible, he postpones the trip to find out what
really happened. He quickly runs up against corrupt and powerful men who will go to any length to prevent him from exposing human traffickers that enslave children in a thriving international
sex ring. With his 14-year-old daughter at risk, he plunges into the mean streets of Jacksonville, Florida's murder capital, where sinister twists challenge him at every turn. Betrayed by an
old friend, nothing is what it seems. Just when he thinks he's unraveled the mystery, his primary suspect winds up dead. Seemingly back at square one, he discovers a fresh clue on his brother's
laptop that points him in a new direction, a path from which he must escape before catching his brother's killer.