Part of Michael Bennett, book 9
First published 2016
Snow covers Manhattan's Upper West Side as a team of trained killers moves through the streets. Detective Michael Bennett watches their first assassination, knowing it serves as practice for something bigger. The real target becomes clear when the President arrives in New York for a United Nations summit with Russia's leader. Bennett gets pulled from his family and thrown into the center of a plot that could restart the Cold War. The assassins close in on their ultimate mark while Bennett races to identify who sent them. With the summit proceeding and allegiances shifting, Bennett cannot trust anyone around him. He must stop the killers before they complete their mission and drag two superpowers into conflict. The detective stands as the only barrier between the assassins and a shot that would change everything.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, high-stakes
Setting: Manhattan, Upper West Side, New York, Russia
Period: Cold War
369 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence