First published 2024
TJ Devlin has always been the family screwup. While his relatives run a prestigious law firm, TJ works there as an investigator after prison and rehab destroyed his other prospects. The job feels like charity until the night his older brother John arrives with shocking news. John has killed a client, an accountant he caught embezzling money. The confession stuns TJ. John is the golden child, the most successful Devlin, the last person anyone would expect to commit murder. TJ throws himself into investigating what really happened. Here is his chance to prove himself and protect his brother. But the deeper TJ digs, the more dangerous the situation becomes. He and John face a deadly network of lies and violence that threatens to destroy them both. TJ will do anything to save his family, even if the truth tears them apart.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, family-drama, unreliable-narrator
384 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence