by Matt Coyle
Part of Rick Cahill, book 8
First published 2021
Rick Cahill thought he had finally found peace. His fiancée Leah carries their first child, and his private investigator work pays the bills without putting him in harm's way. Then a doctor delivers devastating news about his chronic headaches. Rick has CTE, the degenerative brain disease that will lead to dementia and death. He tells no one, not even Leah or his closest friend Moira MacFarlane. When Moira asks Rick to watch her son Luke, who has violated a restraining order, what should be routine surveillance spirals into something deadly. Luke vanishes. Rick's investigation pulls him into a web involving high finance and DNA cancer research. Sadistic killers emerge from the shadows. Rick must navigate greed, lies, and murder while racing against time. He needs to find Luke and survive long enough to hold his newborn child. The disease eating away at his brain makes every day precious, and every case potentially his last.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
320 pages · Hardcover · Oceanview Publishing
Content warnings: death, medical-trauma