First published 2025
Two teenagers vanish from their Las Vegas wedding chapel, leaving Detective Lazarus Holloway with a single clue: a bracelet carved with Mayan symbols representing death and vengeance. Holloway partners with guardian ad litem Piper Danes despite their tangled past. Both share an obsession with protecting children, regardless of personal consequences. Their investigation pulls them into a deadly network where each discovery raises the stakes. Holloway's own history becomes entangled with the case as he realizes he may be more connected to the kidnappers than he initially understood. The detective must decode his role in this web of vanished children before he becomes the next target. Victor Methos returns with another case that tests the limits of what Holloway and Danes will sacrifice to save the innocent.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, obsession, partners-to-lovers
Setting: Las Vegas
Period: 21st-century
411 pages · Hardcover · Thomas & Mercer
Content warnings: kidnapping