Part of Nikki Heat, book 6
First published 2014
An illegal immigrant plummets from the sky in New York City. NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat catches the case, and her boyfriend Jameson Rook, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, sees his next big story. Heat welcomes Rook's partnership at first. She has missed his company after his recent overseas assignment, even his wild theories and juvenile jokes. But Rook's investigation leads him to a troubling conclusion. Heat has the wrong suspect in custody. Their professional disagreement fractures their personal relationship. Heat faces an ambitious power broker and battles urban mercenaries while Hurricane Sandy pounds the city. She must solve the murder while her romance with Rook crumbles. Heat knows her duty is catching killers. She fears this case will kill her relationship.
Genres: romance, mystery, crime, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, professional-disagreement
Setting: New York City
Period: 21st-century
292 pages · Hardcover · Kingswell