Britt Montero is an ace crime reporter who sleeps with a police scanner by her bedside -- and who can t keep off a hot story， even if the book has already been closed.Miami is her turf， with it s sweltering nights and seething passions that can erupt without warning into mind-numbing violence. Now a black ex-football star and beloved local hero is dead after an alleged high-speed police chase -- and Britt s city explodes around her. The facts are hidden somewhere among the deadly lies， official cover-ups， and the vigilante crimes of rogue night shift cops. And Britt s determined to pursue the truth through the smoking tropical wreckage -- even as it leads her perilously close to unexpected revelations of conspiracy and corruption that could burn her to the bone.