Albuquerque, New Mexico: In the West Mesa Desert, the skeletons of eleven female bodies are discovered. A comprehensive investigation begins and police chief Carter commissions the two detectives Ortega and Young to investigate. The team is supplemented by FBI Agent Petrovick, who is supposed to narrow down the circle of suspects as a profiler. But Detective Ortega has a personal interest in the case and follows a trail on his own that leads him into his own ranks... A web of intrigue unfolds 3 Could a colleague be the notorious bone collector?