Part of KEY News, book 1
First published 2005
Eliza Blake reads the news on television in New York City, but she cannot broadcast her own dangerous secret. Her co-anchor also hides a scandal that could destroy him. The woman married to the next President fears her own exposure. A priest carries knowledge of something terrible. Someone with murderous intentions connects all these hidden truths, weaving a deadly plan that stretches from Manhattan's streets into the halls of power in Washington. This killer has chosen when and where Eliza must die. She faces a threat that grows from the very secrets that bind her world together. The story follows Eliza as powerful people around her guard their reputations while a calculating murderer moves closer. Her career in television news has taught her to uncover stories, but now she must survive becoming the story herself.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: high-stakes, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York City, Washington
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Content warnings: violence