The double homicide of a veteran reporter and a newly nominated democratic gubernatorial candidate forces Detective Ben Rogers to investigate the politics of murder. Rogers suspects things go deeper than a political assassination and desperately tries to follow the few clues the reporter left behind. His investigation takes him into a dark political alliance.

Vincent Murano and Richard Hammer are the authors of The Dead File. Murano was a former New York City Police Detective whose undercover work helped expose corruption in the NYPD. Hammer was a two-time winner of the Edgar Award for "best fact crime" book for The Vatican Connection and The CBS Murders.