Part of FBI Thriller, book 26
First published 2022
Kirra Mandarian returns to Porte Franklin, Virginia as a commonwealth attorney with one mission. Fourteen years after watching her parents die when she was twelve, she adopts the alias E.N. and builds a case against the man she believes ordered their murders. Her investigation draws deadly attention, forcing her to seek help from FBI agent Dillon Savich. Meanwhile, twelve-year-old piano prodigy Emma Hunt faces her own nightmare. The granddaughter of crime boss Mason Lord, she survived an abduction at age six thanks to her adoptive father, federal judge Ramsey Hunt. Now someone tries to kidnap her again at Davies Hall in San Francisco. Her family moves her next performance to the Kennedy Center in Washington, where agent Sherlock leads her protection detail. Both cases converge as Savich and Sherlock discover that powerful criminals will kill anyone who threatens their operations. The two women must survive long enough for justice to prevail.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Davies Hall, Kennedy Center, Porte Franklin, San Francisco, Virginia, Washington
Period: Fourteen Years Ago
432 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence