by Dean Koontz
First published 2017
Jane Hawk finds a note from her dead husband. "I very much need to be dead," he wrote before killing himself. The man had everything. A loving wife. A successful career. No reason to die. Jane refuses to accept the official explanation. She digs deeper and discovers a pattern. Accomplished people across the country are taking their own lives at alarming rates. All of them seemed happy and stable before their deaths. Jane's investigation makes her enemies. Powerful people want her stopped. They will kill to protect their secret. Jane becomes America's most wanted fugitive. She runs from law enforcement while pursuing the truth. Her enemies have resources and ruthlessness. Jane has something they cannot understand. Her search is driven by love for her husband and rage at his death. She will not stop until she exposes what really happened.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, action, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
434 pages · Hardcover · Bantam
Content warnings: death, suicide