by P. J. Tracy
Part of Monkeewrench, book 6
First published 2012
Grace MacBride prevents an assassination attempt against retired FBI agent John Smith while aboard a sailboat off Florida's coast. Hours later in Minneapolis, a teenage girl lies dead in a vacant lot with her throat cut. Two young men are found executed in their nearby home the same day. Three more bodies appear the following morning, brutally killed in the same area. Homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth work to connect these crimes while discovering identical murders across multiple American cities. The evidence builds toward a suspect that stuns the investigators and reveals a motive that threatens the entire Midwest. Grace and her Monkeewrench Software partners Annie, Roadrunner, and Harley Davidson become direct targets. The case culminates in a violent confrontation on a remote northern Minnesota reservation where the team must fight to survive.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Florida, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Period: Contemporary
320 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence