When a woman's body turns up in a lake--a bullet to the back of her
head--Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from
maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID'd as
Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent publisher and author of an upcoming
unauthorized tell-all book on Sasha Smeds, Finland's celebrated racing
rally driver.
Almost as soon as the inquiry starts, it goes off the rails, as those
connected to Annukka--and to Smeds--seem to have more secrets than they
have alibis. Was the journalist about to reveal a bombshell that someone
was desperate to keep quiet? Or will it take some reading between the
lines? The clues may be few, but the list of suspects is long. As she
struggles to balance her home life, run a department tainted by
career-threatening allegations, and catch a killer, Maria is shocked
to find just what someone was willing to do in the name of love--or
revenge.