Part of FBI Thriller, book 14
First published 2010
Dr. Edward Kender watches his father struggle through chemotherapy treatments when the essential accompanying medication suddenly becomes unavailable. The drug company Schiffer Engel claims production problems, but Kender refuses to believe their explanation. He hires private investigator Erin Pulaski to dig deeper into the company's operations at their Indiana manufacturing plant. Pulaski discovers the shocking truth: Schiffer Engel deliberately created the drug shortage to generate over two billion dollars in windfall profits. The investigation takes a deadly turn when a senior company employee is found brutally murdered at the U.S. headquarters. FBI agents Sherlock and Savich join the case, recognizing that the murder of a foreign national on federal property signals something far more dangerous than corporate greed. The German pharmaceutical giant harbors secrets that reach beyond profit margins into territory worth killing for.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, murder-mystery
Setting: Indiana, U.S.
Period: 21st-century
402 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: murder, violence