New Orleans homicide detective Jo Crowder and FBI Special Agent Alex Hill suspect there is a sinister relationship between Heartland Insurance and a research laboratory that is testing an experimental serum on animals. Hill and Crowder team up to investigate why so many people connected to Heartland Insurance are dying.

A serial killer chooses Easter week to leave dead pregnant teens in front of Catholic churches in New Orleans. Homicide detective Jo Crowder doggedly pursues a trail of evidence that leads to the arrest of Miguel Diaz. However, Crowder’s instincts tell her that the evidence against Diaz was planted by the actual murderer. She suspects Monsignor Rossi, but can she prove that the clergyman is a cold-blooded murderer in time to save Diaz?