While scouting locations for a film documentary on Arizona's Apache Wars, private investigator Lena Jones and Oscar-winning director Warren Quinn discover the mutilated body of a young girl. The gruesome manner of the child's death evokes memories of Lena's own rough childhood. Clashing with the local law, Lena investigates the girl's death and finds a small town with a big secret. Founded by the descendants of pioneers who fought Geronimo, Los Peredidos now holds a significant population of documented and undocumented foreign-born residents. The memory of Geronimo's war mixes with the modern immigration war, and their hard life on the Arizona/Mexico border contrasts with Hollywood's slick production meetings. When two more girls disappear, Lena is tempted to implement some frontier justice of her own... Former journalist Betty Webb bases her mysteries on stories she covered as a reporter. She lives in Arizona, and teaches creative writing at Phoenix College. www.bettywebb-mystery.com