by Al Lamanda
First published 2013
Detective John Bekker once had everything. A loving wife, a five year old daughter, and work he cared about investigating organized crime. Then Eddie Crist's men broke into his home. They murdered his wife while his daughter watched. Ten years pass. Bekker drinks too much now. His daughter lives in an institution, damaged by what she witnessed. Then Eddie Crist finds him. The mob boss is dying of cancer and wants to clear his conscience before death. In a cruel twist, Crist hires Bekker to solve the very murder that destroyed his life. Bekker must work for the man he holds responsible for killing his wife. As he investigates the decade old crime, Bekker discovers the truth runs deeper than he believed. The case forces him to confront his past and question everything he thought he knew about that terrible night.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, redemption-arc, unreliable-narrator
424 pages · Paperback · Kennebec Large Print
Content warnings: child-death, murder, violence