First published 2025
Detective Kara Quinn stares at a corpse in Oregon. Red poppies cover the body. The murder happened at the precise moment Special Agent Matt Costa found an identical victim in Virginia. Same brutal method. Same flowers. Same timestamp. The Mobile Response Team connects the dots between victims while searching for the one link that explains everything. Their investigation leads to Riley Pierce, the sole survivor who holds answers about the killers. Pierce points them toward Havenwood, a community with buried secrets and a leader willing to kill to protect them. More bodies surface, all connected to the same place. Quinn and Costa race to solve the puzzle as Havenwood's leader prepares to eliminate anyone who threatens her hidden past. The community's beautiful facade conceals a legacy of violence that refuses to stay buried.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Oregon, Virginia, Havenwood
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · Mass Market Paperback · MIRA
Content warnings: violence