When Hiro Takashi finds a body washed ashore.
Josephine “Joey” Wright and the elite FBI squad unearth dark secrets of the seaside city.

At the age of seventeen, a tragedy rocked Joey’s world.
Changing her life trajectory.
After graduating from Quantico, she is sent to San Diego.
Making a big splash upon her arrival to the city.
There she continues to secretly investigate her brother’s case.

When a young woman’s body surfaces, Joey and the elite squad are called in.
Forensics tie the victim to an active missing-person case.
The daughter of a prominent figure and head of a local charity.

With every thread in the case leading the team to nowhere.
Josephine finds a thread that points to a bigger mystery.
Models from a nearby agency are turning up dead in a strange manner.
The team pivots to tackle both investigations.
But what happens when the two cases collide?
And the mystery begins to take on a darker and more sinister turn.

With many young lives on the line, getting to the bottom of the case means risking it all…

Published
February 20, 2026
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