The brilliant, fearless, deeply flawed Nora Watts--introduced in the
"utterly compelling" (Jeffery Deaver) atmospheric thriller The Lost
Ones--finds deadly trouble as she searches for the truth about her late
father in this immersive thriller that moves from the hazy Canadian
Pacific Northwest to the gritty, hollowed streets of Detroit.
Growing up, Nora Watts only knew one parent--her father. When he killed
himself, she denied her grief and carried on with her life. Then a
chance encounter with a veteran who knew him raises disturbing questions
Nora can't ignore--and dark emotions she can't control. To make her
peace with the past, she has to confront it.
Finding the truth about her father's life and his violent death takes
her from Vancouver to Detroit where Sam Watts grew up, far away from his
people and the place of his birth. Thanks to a disastrous government
policy starting in the 1950s, thousands of Canadian native children like
Sam were adopted by American families. In the Motor City, Nora discovers
that the circumstances surrounding Sam's suicide are more unsettling
than she'd imagined.
Yet no matter how far away Nora gets from Vancouver, she can't shake
trouble. Back in the Pacific Northwest, former police detective turned
private investigator Jon Brazuca is looking into the overdose death of a
billionaire's mistress. His search uncovers a ruthless opiate ring and a
startling connection to Nora, the infuriatingly distant woman he'd once
tried to befriend. He has no way to warn or protect her, because she's
become a ghost, vanishing completely off the grid.
Focused on the mysterious events of her father's past and the clues they
provide to her own fractured identity and that of her estranged
daughter, Nora may not be able to see the danger heading her way until
it's too late. But it's not her father's old ties that could get her
killed--it's her own.
