Sun Li, a young, brown skinned detective of uncertain ancestry is on his first major investigation. A young man has been found dead at a local hot springs resort in rural Mendocino County in northern California. After a perfunctory investigation the Sheriff and Coroner have concluded that he died of an overdose of heroin. Sun is hired by the dead man's father who doesn't believe that his son would have taken heroin. He takes the case but with trepidation since he has never handled such an ...