First published 2015
Will Robie left Cantrell, Mississippi after high school and cut all ties with his past. He built a new life as a government assassin, never planning to return. Then his father Dan gets arrested for murder. Dan Robie serves as the town judge, a respected pillar of the community. Yet the entire town believes he killed someone. Dan refuses to mount any defense. He won't even speak to Will when his son arrives to help. Will teams up with Jessica Reel to investigate the case against his father's wishes. The townspeople view Will as an outsider who abandoned his family. They meet his questions with hostility and violence. Will discovers that Cantrell harbors dark secrets beneath its surface. His investigation pulls him deeper into a web of corruption and old grudges. The choices he and his father made years ago now threaten to destroy them both. Will must navigate the dangerous underbelly of his hometown to uncover the truth before it's too late.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Cantrell, Mississippi
Period: present-day
433 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence