National bestselling author Kiki Swinson amps up the action and
suspense with unpredictable characters, breakneck twists, and a
gut-punch portrait of Southern surviving--and dying. Now the odds are
straight-up killer when a private eye gets in way over her head...
Too much to prove...
A former journalist with a knack for unraveling dirty secrets, Khloé
Mercer figures if she's going to risk her life, she might as well make
big money as a private investigator. But this reckless newbie needs a
major case to make her name--and really show she can handle Norfolk,
Virginia's toughest streets...
Too much to hide...
When a narcotics detective's widow needs someone to investigate her
disgraced husband's so-called suicide, Khloé jumps at the lucrative
fee--and the clues that the Norfolk Police Department is rotten from top
to bottom. And with formidable backup from her ex-felon uncle, she turns
the city upside-down to uncover the truth...
Too late to run...
But Khloé's cage-rattling tactics and high-wire strategies threaten both
the cops and the city's brutal underworld alike. Now, with her life in
the crosshairs and no one she can trust, she'll find that building a
reputation comes with a price she may not survive to pay...