In the book A Deadly Homecoming, Alan destroyed a drug ring in the small town of Harold's Landing in the Arkansas' Ozarks. In doing so, he ended up with millions of dollars in drug money. Now, Benito De La Cruz, Maryland drug lord, wants his money and revenge on the person responsible for killing his men. He sends in a team of killers to find the guilty person and the money. When a private investigator misuses a credit card with Benito's name on it, the drug lord's trouble starts. He is forced to turn his own men on each other to protect himself. When they fail in their assignments, he flies to Harold's Landing to take personal control of the operation.
