Investigator Cassie Dewell is headed to Anaconda, Montana, in search of a slippery con-man who has disappeared somewhere in the Treasure State. A wealthy Florida divorcee has accused him of absconding with her entire fortune, and she wants Cassie to find him and get it back.

But Anaconda, a quirky former copper-mining town, is the perfect place to reinvent yourself, and as the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything. Between searching for the con man and investigating rumours of buried treasure somewhere in the vicinity of the town, Cassie has her hands full in a case with more twists and turns than the switchbacks through the Anaconda Range.