In the next installment in Ms. Odell's Blackthorne series, Glen "Hotshot" McCade takes center stage. Recovering from injuries received during his last mission, he's concerned they're putting him on light duty when they send him on a reconnaissance mission along with Olivia Fairbanks, a security operative not used to covert ops. While this one starts out a little slower than the other Blackthornes on account of the nature of the mission, by halfway through the book things start to pick up when their stake-out uncovers a lot more than the missing woman they've been sent to identify. There are things going on beneath Windswept Heights, the classy resort they've been assigned to, that make them the perfect candidates for the "Hotel California" retreat.