Part of Eve Duncan, book 25
First published 2019
A journalist named Jill Cassidy arrives at Eve Duncan's door with an urgent request. She tells Eve about a remote African village where guerilla soldiers killed half the population, including many children. The bodies were burned beyond recognition. The grieving families need Eve's forensic sculpting skills to identify their loved ones and find closure. Eve agrees to help and travels deep into the jungle. Once she arrives at the isolated village, she starts to notice inconsistencies in Jill's story. The journalist's plea for help may have been a lie designed to lure Eve to Africa for darker reasons. Eve realizes she cannot trust anyone around her. Stranded in an unstable country where violence could erupt again, Eve must rely on her instincts to survive. She faces the terrifying possibility that she may never make it home to her own family. The woman who came to help reunite families with their dead now fights to stay alive in a deadly trap.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: deception, fish-out-of-water, survival
Setting: Africa, Jungle
432 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence