First published 2018
Clay Edison's phone rings after midnight. A wild party in a gentrifying East Bay neighborhood has turned deadly. Arguments spilled into the street. Gunshots erupted. Bodies are piling up. The former basketball player turned deputy coroner faces a long night ahead. What starts as community tragedy becomes social media spectacle. Then Clay discovers something wrong. One victim stands apart from the others. She was brutalized and abandoned. Stripped of identification. Left to die nameless. Clay calls her Jane Doe, a human question mark. The cruelty of her death haunts him. He embarks on a relentless pursuit for answers. His investigation leads into a hidden world where innocence meets perversity. Clay must give this forgotten woman a name and voice. His search for truth opens doors to a dark past and puts him directly in danger.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, relentless-pursuit
Setting: East Bay
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Content warnings: violence