Part of Quinn & Costa
First published 2024
Kara Quinn is back in Los Angeles to testify against a human trafficker who upended her life. She is ready to close the chapter. Then the accused is shot dead in broad daylight by a masked gunman, and the crime scene yields almost nothing useful. One witness who could explain everything has vanished. When the prosecuting attorney is stabbed to death shortly after, the message is clear: anyone who knows too much is a target. Quinn and FBI Special Agent Matt Costa work the disappearance together, but the investigation keeps turning against Kara. Someone inside the system is feeding information and trying to set her up. She cannot trust her colleagues in the LAPD or the FBI. She trusts Costa and almost nobody else. The deeper they dig, the worse it gets. Corruption threads through government agencies. Secrets buried inside the LAPD and FBI begin to surface. Kara starts questioning decisions she made, people she believed in, and the life she walked away from months ago. Finding the missing witness is no longer just about solving a case. It is the only way any of them survive.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: conspiracy-uncovering, trust-no-one, unreliable-allies
Setting: Los Angeles, LAPD, FBI
411 pages · Hardcover · MIRA
Content warnings: murder, trafficking, violence