A reputation is what people say it is and can be damaged, but character is for eternity." John Gough

A Coast Guard helicopter finds a fisherman's cooler bobbing in the water in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Florida coast. Thinking that the cooler contained drugs, officials are surprised to find body parts.

A massive hurricane is heading toward Florida and Charlie Wurth, the deputy director of homeland security asks FBI profiler, Maggie O'Dell to help on the case. To do so, they must go to Pensacola, Florida as the storm is approaching.

Elsewhere, many soldiers from Afghanistan who have lost limbs are now coming down with a toxic ailment. A number of the soldiers have died and officials are attempting to find a possible cause.

Undertaker Scot Larsen, isn't paying attention to the pending storm. He's made an agreement with Joe Black so Black could accept delivery and provide storage for some human body parts in route to Black's doctors' conferences.

The theme of the novel is about these body parts, how they are found and what is being done with them. The author wants the reader to know how dangerous they can be.

I enjoyed the story and characters. The imminent arrival of the hurricane, which has become a category 5, adds to the suspense. Things will have to be resolved quickly so the characters can get to safety before the storm hits.

Alex Kava has done a professional job with this thriller. The locale is Florida and the book is an excellent vacation read.

Some of the puzzles in the story were a bit too easily resolved and the antagonist was fairly obvious from the start of the story. The only suspense was in the storm and in how the person would be caught before more victims would fall.