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Tutto inizia al Deep Water Terminal di Richmond, quando, in un contrainer di un cargo proveniente da Anversa, viene rivenuto un cadavere maschile in avanzato stato di decomposizione.
L'autopsia eseguita da Kay Smith, non riesce a stabilire con precisione la causa della morte dell'uomo e la polizia non è in grado di identificarlo dai pochi effetti personali ritrovati. Kay Smith, più vulnerabile per le sue ultime tristi vicende private, questa rischia davvero di non farcela: non solo deve risolvere un caso particolarmente inquietante, ma anche guardarsi da alcuni intriganti esponenti della polizia della Virginia che vogliono la sua rovina.
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