First published 2016
Philadelphia Homicide Sergeant Matt Payne has seen his share of brutal murders, but the death of Camilla Rose Morgan stops him cold. The young socialite he once knew as a brilliant, beautiful teenager has apparently jumped from her own balcony. Her brother insists she battled mental illness her whole life, and the evidence seems to support suicide. But something feels wrong to Payne. The more he digs into Camilla's final days, the more tangled the case becomes. Important people have reputations at stake. Someone doesn't want the truth to surface. As Payne pushes deeper into the investigation, he realizes his own life may be in danger. The veteran detective must navigate carefully between powerful interests and his duty to uncover what really happened to Camilla Rose Morgan.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, detective
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Philadelphia
Period: contemporary
368 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: mental-illness, suicide