First published 2010
Dr. Jonathan Ransom faces his most dangerous case yet when his wife Emma vanishes into the murky world of international espionage. Emma operates as an undercover agent with a shadowy past, but now she has gone rogue. Her disappearance connects to a secret that began in 1980 when an American B-52 bomber crashed in the remote mountains along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Nearly three decades later, that incident threatens to expose a terrible truth. Ransom must navigate a treacherous landscape of double and triple agents where trust becomes a luxury he cannot afford. His search takes him from those distant mountain peaks to the streets of New York City. As he pursues Emma, Ransom discovers that his enigmatic wife follows her own deadly rules in the spy game. He must determine where her true loyalties lie while staying alive in a world designed to eliminate him. The investigation forces Ransom to confront not only external enemies but also the possibility that the woman he loves may be his greatest threat.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Afghanistan, New York City, Pakistan
Period: 1980, 2000s
372 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: violence