First published 2014
Danny Goodman faces every parent's nightmare when he can no longer afford his teenage daughter's private school tuition. As a single father with no financial backup, he watches his options disappear until Thomas Galvin appears like an answer to prayer. Galvin, one of Boston's wealthiest men and father to his daughter's best friend, offers Danny a $50,000 loan without strings attached. Danny accepts the money despite his discomfort, desperate to keep his daughter in the school she loves. The wire transfer barely clears before DEA agents arrive at Danny's door with devastating news. The loan money came from drug operations, and Danny now faces federal charges he cannot afford to fight. The government presents him with a brutal alternative: go to prison or become an undercover informant against Galvin, the man who tried to help him. Danny must deceive everyone he cares about while navigating between federal agents and potential criminals, knowing that one wrong move could destroy his family forever.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Boston
Period: 21st-century
390 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: drug-use, violence