First published 2010
Nick Daniels sits in Lombardo's Steak House interviewing a legendary baseball player when an assassin murders a notorious mob lawyer. The killer vanishes before police arrive, leaving behind a storm of accusations about who ordered the execution. Nick accidentally records crucial evidence that throws him into the center of a brutal conflict between Italian and Russian crime families. NYPD captains, district attorneys, mayoral hopefuls, and media moguls all pursue their own interests as the violence escalates. Nick receives death threats warning him to abandon his investigation, but he presses forward, driven partly by his feelings for a stunning magazine editor. He faces public humiliation, physical attacks, and escalating danger as he digs deeper into the story. The case pulls him through New York's criminal underworld where loyalties shift and survival depends on knowing which side of the law people really serve.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Lombardo's Steak House, New York
Period: Contemporary
370 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence