First published 2009
Thomas Black stands at the base of a lighthouse, watching a small plane carrying eleven passengers disappear into the gray Pacific waters. His wife Kathy was aboard that aircraft. Weeks later, Black lies in a hospital bed, nearly killed by a bomb that exploded after a political rally. His memories fragment between the plane crash and the attack. When he recovers, Black begins seeing signs that Kathy might still be alive. Her supposedly destroyed cell phone calls him at night. He glimpses her face in a passing truck. The official crash investigation raises more questions than answers. A paranoid former CIA operative approaches Black with wild theories connecting the plane crash to a broader conspiracy. Black finds himself pursued by unknown enemies as he uncovers links between his wife's apparent death, a reporter's murdered husband, and a political plot that eliminates anyone who gets too close to the truth. The Seattle private investigator must navigate through layers of deception while questioning his own grip on reality.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Pacific, Seattle
Period: 20th-century
368 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books