In this fast-paced, suspense-fueled novel, Arizonaβs most decorated detective finds a spectacular second chance at loveβbut when he starts digging into the most lethal case of his career, his future takes a shocking turn . . .
After the tragic unsolved murder of his beloved wife, Detective Ronald King never thought thereβd be more to his life than work. But from the second he meets his city's captivating new mayor, Tabitha Knight, heβs drawn in by her lively political savvy, her warm, generous natureβand her determination to make the city work for everyone. Once he finishes investigating the toughest narcotics case he's ever faced, heβll marry the woman he's grown to loveβand support her as she makes a bound-to-be successful bid for governor . . .
But Ronald hits one frustrating dead end after another trying to track down the killer of the state's most powerful and dangerous drug lord. He's uncovering a chilling lack of evidence. And heβs stunned by clues pointing back to Tabitha's high-living nephew. Even worse, he can't seem to make her own mysterious past add up.
As crime surges, Ronald starts putting all the pieces together. But heβll soon have to confront allies turned enemies, treacherous secrets and lies, and a blindsiding truth that will throw everything heβs believed into questionβand could leave him with no way out . . .