First published 2018
Frank Howard has money and a wandering eye. He also has a wife he wants dead. The wealthy financier offers hitman Billie Earl Johnson three quarters of a million dollars to eliminate his problem. But when Billie Earl's shot goes wide, both men find themselves in mortal danger. Frank faces exposure as a would-be murderer. Billie Earl faces a client who might silence him permanently. Their uneasy partnership dissolves into a deadly game of survival. In a separate case, Dee Dee Blancharde basks in community admiration. Local media celebrates her devotion to Gypsy Rose, her wheelchair-bound daughter who suffers from multiple chronic illnesses. Dee Dee appears to be the perfect single mother, sacrificing everything for her sick child. But Gypsy Rose discovers the shocking truth. She isn't ill at all. Her mother has fabricated years of medical crises and treatments. When this realization hits, Gypsy Rose plans her own brutal response to a lifetime of lies.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
305 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: murder, violence