by Stuart Woods
Part of Stone Barrington, book 5
First published 2007
Stone Barrington prefers looking forward, but death forces him backward. Someone is killing people close to him, and the only clue points to his own history. Stone must dig through old cases and forgotten faces to find a murderer who knows him well. The investigation brings unexpected reunions. His former police partner Dino Bacchetti, now running detectives in the nineteenth precinct, joins the hunt. Stone's ex-lover Arrington also returns, complicating matters when she meets his current girlfriend Dolce, a dangerous Mafia princess whose beauty matches her lethal nature. Stone races through a maze of memories and suspects, searching for a killer with a genius for murder and a hunger for revenge. The case pushes him harder than any before as bodies pile up and time runs out. Stone must solve the puzzle of his past before the killer makes his worst nightmare come true.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers, investigation
416 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Harper
Content warnings: murder, violence