First published 2013
Ben cannot control his racing thoughts or his fixation on Diana Hotchkiss, a woman he knows he can never possess. His obsessions consume him completely, from cars and marathons to his unrequited love for Diana. When someone kills Diana outside her apartment building, Ben's infatuation transforms into a desperate investigation. He must discover what happened to the woman he loved from afar. Ben quickly learns that Diana lived two separate lives. Her family knew her as an innocent Midwestern girl who helped her brother overcome addiction. Washington DC knew a different Diana, one who wielded her sexuality as a political weapon to advance her ambitions. As Ben digs deeper into Diana's secret affairs, someone begins hunting him to silence what he might uncover. His paranoid mind becomes both his greatest obstacle and his only protection as he navigates a treacherous world of political corruption and sexual manipulation.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: obsession, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Washington DC
410 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: sexual-content