First published 2009
Jessica Ford takes what seems like a career-making assignment when her boss sends her to meet First Lady Annette Cooper at a Washington hotel. The rookie lawyer expects this high-profile case to launch her career at the prestigious firm. Instead, she wakes up in a hospital bed as the sole survivor of a car crash that killed the First Lady and two others. Jessica remembers nothing about the meeting or the accident that made headlines worldwide. Secret Service agent Mark Ryan suspects she's hiding something, but Jessica truly cannot recall that night. Her memory loss might be the only thing keeping her alive. Someone attacks her in the hospital. Her boss dies under suspicious circumstances. Anyone who knew about the First Lady's final hours starts turning up dead. Jessica realizes the crash was no accident, and remembering what happened will put a target on her back. With nowhere else to turn, she must trust Mark Ryan to help her uncover the truth before the killers silence her permanently.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Washington
Period: 21st-century
369 pages · Hardcover · Putnam
Content warnings: violence