First published 2016
Nick Heller gets summoned to Washington with an urgent mission. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court faces public destruction from Slander Sheet, a gossip website preparing to publish explosive allegations. Their star reporter claims the Chief Justice conducted liaisons with an escort, and the young woman appears ready to share her story on video. Nick has forty eight hours to prove the accusations are false. The Boston based private intelligence operative knows his reputation for high stakes investigations, but this case pushes every boundary. When someone murders the escort, Nick realizes he's stepped into something far more dangerous than political gossip. The killing transforms his mission from damage control to a hunt for the real puppet master orchestrating the scandal. Nick must navigate a web of lies that reaches into the highest levels of power. Each revelation threatens to destroy more lives while the true architect of the scheme remains hidden. The race against time becomes a battle for justice itself as Nick fights to expose the conspiracy before it claims additional victims.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Boston, Washington
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: violence