Part of FBI Thriller, book 20
First published 2016
Venus Rasmussen runs the international conglomerate Rasmussen Industries and commands respect in society circles. She contacts FBI agents Savich and Sherlock with a terrifying suspicion: someone is slowly poisoning her. After their initial meeting, the threat escalates when a gunman tries to shoot Venus in broad daylight. The agents must determine whether the killer lurks within her own family or if her grandson, missing for a decade and now suddenly returned, poses the real danger. Meanwhile, Special Agent Cam Wittier travels to Los Angeles to work with Detective Daniel Montoya on a different case. They hunt the Starlet Slasher, a serial killer who has murdered five young actresses by slitting their throats. When a sixth actress dies, Cam discovers the truth hits closer to home than she ever imagined. Both investigations force the agents to peel back layers of deception and confront shocking revelations about the people they thought they knew.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Los Angeles
358 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books
Content warnings: murder, violence