by Sandra Brown
First published 2011
Honor Gillette's four year old daughter spots a sick man in their yard. Honor rushes outside to help, only to discover the stranger is Lee Coburn, accused of killing seven people the previous night. Armed and desperate, Coburn takes Honor and her daughter hostage, promising their safety if Honor cooperates. He claims Honor's deceased husband hid something valuable that now puts her family in mortal danger. Coburn came to find it, whatever the cost. As they flee together from FBI agents and corrupt officials, Honor learns she cannot trust anyone around her. Their escape takes them from Washington D.C. government offices to a decrepit shrimp boat on the Louisiana coast. Racing for their lives, Honor and Coburn uncover a network of corruption that reaches deep into the institutions meant to protect citizens. The conspiracy threatens not just their survival, but the integrity of society itself.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Washington D.C., Louisiana
Period: Contemporary
472 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence