First published 2009
Private investigator Regan Reilly receives an urgent phone call on a snowy New York morning. Her former neighbor Abigail Feeney needs help tracking down an ex-boyfriend who vanished with $100,000 of her money three months ago. Abigail, a Hollywood hairdresser who believes she's been cursed since birth on Friday the 13th, spotted the thief in downtown Los Angeles. She desperately needs the cash back because her grandmother plans to buy her a condo and requires those funds for the purchase. With her NYPD husband Jack away and New York weather turning miserable, Regan agrees to fly west and help. The search for Abigail's vanished ex quickly grows perilous as Regan navigates the familiar streets of her old Los Angeles territory. When Abigail becomes entangled in a murder investigation as a prime suspect, Regan starts questioning whether her friend's lifelong curse might be genuine. She also wonders if bad luck could spread to those who get too close.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, friends-to-lovers
Setting: Los Angeles, New York
Period: 21st-century
242 pages · Hardcover · Scribner