First published 2023
Mickey Gibson balances raising two young children with her remote work for ProEye, a company that tracks down wealthy fraudsters. When colleague Arlene Robinson asks her to inventory a vacant mansion belonging to a fugitive arms dealer, Mickey expects routine paperwork. Instead, she finds a hidden room containing a dead body. The victim is Harry Lancaster, a man with mob connections who lived under witness protection. Mickey learns the arms dealer never existed and no Arlene Robinson works at her company. Someone orchestrated an elaborate setup to make Mickey the prime murder suspect. Her job hangs in the balance as police investigate. Mickey must prove her innocence while hunting the real killer. Her opponent is a nameless woman whose intelligence matches her own. This adversary operates from the shadows with unclear motives and a concealed history. Mickey enters a psychological duel where each move could be her last. The stakes escalate as the mystery woman's true agenda remains hidden.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: ProEye
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: murder, violence