First published 2023
Alex Cross and John Sampson are pursuing a serial killer targeting young men in what the media calls the "Dead Hours" murders. The detectives have no warning before the machine gun opens fire. DC Metro dispatch interrupts their investigation with urgent orders to report to Reagan Airport immediately. A commercial aircraft has crashed and burst into flames on the runway. The chief and FBI need Cross and Sampson on scene right away. The weapon that brought down the plane turns out to be a remote-controlled machine gun from the Vietnam War era. The list of suspects with the skills and knowledge to operate this stolen .50-caliber weapon is extremely limited. Cross and Sampson work frantically to stop the next attack, but time is running out fast. Their heavily armed adversary is already scanning the skies for the next target.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Washington D.C., Reagan Airport
Period: Contemporary
416 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence