by Dick Wolf
First published 2016
Detective Jeremy Fisk's world collapses when Merritt Verlyn leaks classified NYPD Intelligence Division files to WikiLeaks. Criminals discover Fisk's home address within the stolen data. Assassins show up at his door that same night. Fisk loses his home and watches his bank accounts empty out. He needs help from New York Times reporter Chay Maryland to reach the source of the leak, but she protects her contacts. Random shootings plague the city as innocent people die on the streets. Then someone calling themselves "Yodeler" contacts the police with a chilling demand. They will kill one citizen each day until authorities free Verlyn from custody. Fisk and Maryland must work together despite their conflicting loyalties. They race to uncover what Verlyn actually knows and who controls him. The city grips with terror as the body count rises and the deadline approaches.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigative-journalism
Setting: New York, NYPD
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Mass Market Paperback · William Morrow Paperbacks
Content warnings: violence