First published 2010
Special Agent Pendergast has carried the weight of grief for twelve years since his wife Helen died in what he believed was a tragic accident in Africa. The pain of her loss has never left him. Then new evidence surfaces that shatters everything he thought he knew. Helen was murdered. This revelation transforms his mourning into something else entirely. Pendergast must now confront the possibility that the woman he loved kept secrets from him, secrets that may have led to her death. As he digs deeper into the truth, questions multiply faster than answers. What was Helen hiding? Why did someone want her dead? Who killed her? The investigation forces Pendergast to examine not just the circumstances of Helen's death, but the very foundation of their marriage. Every memory becomes suspect. Every shared moment must be reexamined. The man who thought he knew his wife completely discovers he may not have known her at all.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Africa
405 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing