In this second entry of the Nora Kelly' series, FBI agent Corrie Swanson and archaeologist Nora Kelly take on a new case involving a 50-year-old, mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome, a long-abandoned New Mexico ghost town. They soon uncover a startling truth: the deceased had been poisoned, and died clutching a priceless artifact from outside High Lonesome.