First published 2025
FBI agent Bob Hilland stares at the phone number for psychic John Edward. It's summer 1998, and Bob has exhausted every lead on a cold case that refuses to break. He doesn't believe in psychics, but desperation drives him to make the call anyway. What starts as a last resort becomes something Bob never anticipated. The phone call cracks open his cold case and shatters everything he thought he knew about police work. Over the next twenty-five years, Bob and John form an unlikely partnership that takes them through case after case. They learn to trust each other's abilities as they pursue justice for victims and their families. Their collaboration centers on the brutal John Smith murders that captivated the nation. Together, they discover that solving crimes can heal the investigators as much as it serves the victims.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unlikely-partners
Period: 1998, 25 Years
368 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Essentials