First published 2022
Travis Devine climbs aboard the 6:20 train to Manhattan each morning, wearing his discount suit and carrying his fake leather briefcase to his job as a junior analyst at a top investment firm. He stares through the window at mansions belonging to the wealthy elite, imagining himself among them someday. His predictable existence explodes when an anonymous message arrives: She is dead. Sara Ewes, his former lover and colleague, has been discovered hanging in a company storage room. Police treat it as suicide and question Travis immediately. Soon after, mysterious visitors approach him with a dangerous proposition. They know about his military background and demand he investigate his own firm from within. Travis must navigate between the glittering world of the super-rich he once only observed from train windows and the corrupt depths of financial power where something sinister hides. A killer stalks him with personal motives, making Travis the primary target in a deadly game.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing