Nothing is as it seems, and some terrifying rumours about Stone and his power surfaces. Stone has his own stories about his daughter and all, and Jay has totally different, grotesque stories from Desiree about Stone, and there are many little things that are just not adding up across the board, making Patrick and Angie rather fidgety. Bailing him out, Angie and Patrick start re-evaluating the case from scratch, sure that they have missed something. In Florida they discover Jay Becker in prison for killing Jeff Price and completely grief stricken over Desiree’s murder. Naturally, Stone sends his own men to tail Angie and Patrick, who shake them and start looking. Desiree is beautiful, but broken, and Trevor is dying, but extremely rich and used to getting his own way. Hunting down any and all leads possible, the more they hear about the Stones, the more they think the people are crazy. Stone spares no expense, and packs Angie and Patrick up and sends them down. Sean Price, their lead on Desiree and Jay, turns out to be Jeff Price, who had last swiped his credit card in Florida.

They also report to Trevor Stone that they may have a lead, one they got from their two very talkative friends at the hands of Bubba. Bubba Rugowski, their slightly psychopathic friend, assists in scaring the bejesus out of two members of Grief Release, Inc. especially after they make the mistake of wiping Patrick’s funds out. which seems to be some cover for cult-like church. Trevor Stone is a man with plenty of power, and when Angie and Patrick start digging around, their leads take them to Grief Release, Inc.

That, and Trevor manages to speak to the broken part within Angie that is still mourning the death of her ex-husband, Phil.

The original PI hired by Stone to find Desiree, Patrick’s role model Jay Becker, is also missing, and this seems to sway them. She has gone missing after the death of her mother, in lieu of a severe depression. Except one day when they are kidnapped and taken to see Trevor Stone, a dying billionaire with a dying wish: his daughter, Desiree, needs to be found. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and his partner, Angela Gennaro, seem to be out of the PI game, and so far it seems to be working them out alright.

Sacred by dennis lehane