Part of Alex McKnight, book 3
First published 2002
Alex McKnight has built a quiet life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, far from his days as a minor league baseball player and Detroit cop. That peace breaks when an old teammate arrives with an unusual request. The man wants Alex to track down a woman he had an affair with three decades earlier. He hopes to reconnect and recapture what they once shared. Alex agrees to help his friend chase this midlife dream. But as he digs deeper into the search, the story his teammate told him starts to crack. Details don't add up. The woman proves unusually difficult to locate, as if she has deliberately erased her trail. Alex realizes his friend has withheld crucial information about their relationship and its end. What began as a favor between old ballplayers transforms into something more dangerous, forcing Alex to question whether some flames should stay extinguished.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, friends-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Detroit, Michigan, Upper Peninsula
Period: 1980s, 2000s
352 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks