First published 2009
Tess Monaghan once covered crime for the Baltimore Star before the newspaper folded. Now she takes freelance work to survive, including odd jobs for her rowing partner Darryl "Rock" Paxton. When prominent attorney Michael Abramowitz turns up dead, the murder makes headlines across Baltimore. The lawyer had been sleeping with Rock's fiancee, and the affair puts Rock squarely in the crosshairs of police suspicion. Rock asks Tess to clear his name, but digging into Abramowitz's death means navigating the same violent streets she once wrote about as a journalist. Baltimore claims new victims daily, and Tess knows that proving her friend's innocence might cost her everything. She must decide how far she'll go to save Rock from a murder charge in a city where loyalty can be deadly.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Baltimore
285 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow