Artist Carrie Rayborn becomes involved in the murder investigation of Oakland detectives Carlos Cruz and Jay Goldstein after her teenage daughter, Tricia, is arrested for the killing of an unpleasant, much disliked molester and cult member, Clifford Hawki
Marilyn Weiss Wallace's first novel, A Case of Loyalties, won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 1986. Her second, Primary Target, was nominated for an Anthony Award. She is also the editor of the Sisters in Crime anthologies, which have won Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. Current Danger is her seventh novel. She lives in New York City.