Ellen Shepard is found hanging by the neck in the attic of her home. She leaves no family. She leaves no note. And she leaves vacant her position as the general manager of the notoriously brutal Majestic Airlines operation at Boston's Logan Airport. From the moment Alex Shanahan takes control of the Boston operation, she is pulled into the menacing intrigue of her predecessor's death. She follows a trail of corruption and betrayal and what she uncovers could bring down the airline and destroy the lives and careers of everyone involved. It could also cost Alex her life . . .