by Stuart Woods
Part of Stone Barrington, book 29
First published 2014
Stone Barrington finds himself in familiar territory when he becomes a material witness to a string of sophisticated crimes plaguing Manhattan's upper class. The veteran investigator teams up with his former partner Dino Bacchetti to unravel what appears to be an elaborate security fraud scheme. The criminals target the wealthy through the very protection systems designed to safeguard them, exploiting insider access and privileged information that only a select few possess. As Stone and Dino dig deeper into the case, they discover the crimes are more personal than they initially realized. The mastermind orchestrating these incidents has intimate connections to Stone himself, making the investigation increasingly dangerous. While they work to prevent what promises to be the largest heist yet, Stone must confront the reality that his own past may have made him both hunter and hunted in this high-stakes game of cat and mouse.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, personal-stakes
Setting: Manhattan
320 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons