by Sandra Brown
First published 2013
Dawson Scott returns from Afghanistan carrying invisible wounds that threaten his career as a respected journalist. Battle fatigue shadows his every move until an FBI contact offers him a career-defining story. The case centers on Jeremy Wesson, a former Marine who has vanished and is presumed dead. Wesson's biological parents remain on the FBI's Most Wanted list as dangerous terrorists, making this disappearance part of a four-decade mystery. As Dawson investigates, he grows close to Wesson's former wife Amelia and her two young boys. The reporter finds himself drawn into their lives just as the case explodes in a deadly new direction. When Amelia's nanny is found murdered, suspicion falls on Dawson himself. Now he must hunt down the fugitive terrorists while battling his own psychological demons. The pursuit will force him to confront shocking revelations about his own past.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Afghanistan
Period: Contemporary
410 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness