Phoenix investigative reporter Joya Bonner knew nothing about the world of sex traffickingâor the ugly status her city held in this filthy underground.
But then her 15 year-old honorary niece went missing in Phoenix. And a 13 year-old from her hometown in North Dakota disappeared. And there was that pitiful dead girl in the vacant lot. As Joya rushed in to helpânaive, scared, repulsed, frantic, but determinedâher world would never be the same again.
This is a work of fiction. The major characters are created from the authorâs imaginationâwith the exception of Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin. They really did create a media empire that began with the New Times of Phoenix; they really were arrested in the dead of night by Sheriff Joe Arpaioâs goons; they really did create Backpage.com that Congress calls an âonline brothel," they really are currently awaiting trial on scores of charges they facilitated child sex-trafficking.
The story woven around these charactersâripped from today's headlinesâwill shock you to your core.