First published 2024
Jack Swyteck faces his most explosive case when Grammy-winning popstar Imani Nichols walks into his Miami office. Imani earns almost nothing from her massive success thanks to a brutal contract she signed as a teenager with her ex-husband Shaky Nichols. Fed up with his profiteering, she tells her millions of fans to pirate her music rather than let Shaky collect another penny. The social media stunt triggers vicious litigation that turns deadly when both exes accuse each other of murder. Twelve years earlier, Tyler McCormick died by asphyxiation in Biscayne Bay, his body chained to a piling with "goodbye girl" carved into his chest. McCormick was Imani's lover, and now both she and Shaky face indictment for his killing. As Jack prepares for a trial that will expose the toxic secrets of their marriage and business empire, he realizes the truth behind those cryptic final words will determine more than his client's fate. It could reshape the entire music industry.
Genres: crime, contemporary, mystery-thriller, legal-thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Biscayne Bay, Miami
Period: 12 Years Ago
352 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: murder, toxic-relationship