Part of KEY News, book 2
First published 2005
TV producer Farrell Slater's career hangs by a thread when she discovers something that could either resurrect her reputation or destroy her completely. A prestigious New York auction house has just sold a Fabergé Egg for six million dollars, but Farrell recognizes it as a counterfeit. She's not alone in this knowledge. A college student holds the secret location of the genuine artifact, bound by a promise of silence. Meanwhile, a ruthless killer has orchestrated what could become the century's most audacious fraud. This murderer has already dismembered one victim, burned another alive, and strangled a third to protect the scheme. Now the killer has turned attention to Farrell, a newswoman whose inability to stay quiet threatens everything. As Farrell pursues the story that might save her professional life, she finds herself targeted by someone willing to commit any atrocity to keep the truth buried.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigative-journalism, murder-to-cover-up-crime
Setting: New York
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
320 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Content warnings: murder, violence