A cryptic message. A missing niece. And only twenty-four hours to pay . After traveling to New Orleans to see his niece's band on tour, Police Chief Drake Cooper, a.k.a. Coop, finds a piece of paper stuck to the front door of his brother's home. A handwritten message reveals his niece has been abducted, a ransom is being demanded, and Coop's family has twenty-four hours to pay. Praise for the Deadly Sins series : "You feel like you are watching the events unfold." "Grips you from first paragraph. I wasn't able to guess the murderer until the end." "If you are not familiar with the series, or this author, this is a good introduction." —>New to Sloane Monroe? There are two book collections in the Sloane Monroe series. The first is a novel series with 8 titles (as of 2020). The second is this short story spinoff series, featuring the same characters from the main series.