First published 2016
Former NYPD detective Jenna Murphy arrives in the Hamptons seeking redemption after her career collapsed. She expects wealthy neighborhoods and quiet crimes, not the bloodbath waiting at the abandoned Murder House. A Hollywood power broker and his mistress lie dead inside the mansion, their bodies arranged in ways that remind Jenna of Manhattan's worst crime scenes. The case appears straightforward until Jenna discovers the mansion harbors decades of dark history that local gossips never suspected. Additional victims turn up as Jenna digs deeper into the property's past. Her investigation becomes personal when the secret she fled New York to escape threatens to destroy her new life. Jenna must expose the mansion's deadly truth before it claims another life, possibly her own. The detective faces killers who use money and revenge as weapons in this wealthy enclave where appearances deceive.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, personal-investigation
Setting: Hamptons, Manhattan, New York
Period: 21st-century
496 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: murder, violence