Deputy Sheriff Pete Branson's latest case rocks the desert town of Del Sueno when he finds the victim beaten to death behind the infamous local watering hole, The End of the Line. Yet what at first glance appears to be a simple killing drags Pete into a web of intrigue...when he finds out that the murderer may be striking out against a specific group of people: ones who carry a special hidden tattoo At turns helped and hindered by a state senator's daughter, his own brother, and a slew of shady characters from the gay underground, Pete must unravel a raft of lies and misdirection. And the clock is ticking...before the killer crosses another name off the list "