Part of FBI Thriller, book 18
First published 2014
U.S. Ambassador Natalie Black returns to Washington with her career hanging by a thread. Her fiancé, Viscount George McCallum, died in a car crash after she ended their engagement, and whispers suggest she drove him to suicide. Someone forces her car off the M-2 near London, then tries to run her down during a morning jog in America. Only FBI Special Agent Davis Sullivan believes the attacks are real, not publicity stunts. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Sherlock discovers she has a stalker. A motorcycle gunman takes a shot at her but escapes. Then Atlanta calls with terrible news: Blessed Backman has broken out of the mental hospital. Backman is a gifted psychopath whose dying mother made him promise to kill Sherlock and her partner Savich for destroying her cult. Two deadly games now run parallel as Sullivan races to identify who wants the ambassador dead while Sherlock and Savich hunt Backman before he fulfills his twisted oath. Time runs short as both cases escalate toward violence.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Washington DC, London, Atlanta
Period: Contemporary
416 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence