Part of Lucy Kincaid, book 5
First published 2012
Lucy Kincaid is settling into her role as a new trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico when her mentor Agent Tony Presidio gets called to New York. A reporter with connections to Lucy has been murdered, and Tony needs to help with the investigation. Lucy soon realizes this killing might be part of a larger pattern. The reporter appears to be one victim in a series of revenge murders carried out by someone with patience and a long memory. As Lucy digs deeper, she finds disturbing links between old closed cases, a missing person, and Tony himself. When an FBI agent dies, Lucy turns to her boyfriend Sean Rogan for help piecing together the deadly puzzle. Her unofficial investigation puts her career at risk, but the more she uncovers, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Someone inside the FBI Academy is watching her every move and planning the next kill.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: New York, Quantico
Period: 21st-century
396 pages · Kindle Edition · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: murder, violence