Part of Alex McKnight, book 10
First published 2013
Alex McKnight carries a bullet in his chest and memories he wants to forget from his days as a Detroit police officer. His partner died there. The city holds too much pain. When his old sergeant calls to say a young man Alex helped convict will soon walk free, Alex wants nothing to do with it. But an FBI agent has caught his attention, so he drives his truck back to Detroit for drinks with his former colleague. The visit stirs up details from that old case, his career's biggest success. A small piece of evidence surfaces in Alex's memory, something he never had the chance to share. Nobody wants to hear his doubts now, but Alex cannot shake the feeling that they put the wrong man behind bars. If he's right, the real killer escaped justice and continued killing. Alex must decide whether to let sleeping cases lie or pursue a truth that could unravel everything.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Detroit
Period: 20th-century
276 pages · Hardcover · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: death, violence