Nothing could tear Detective Michael Bennett away from his new brideexcept the murder of his partner and best friendin this suspenseful thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

NYPD master homicide investigator Michael Bennett and top FBI abduction specialist Emily Parker have a history.

Working case after case, each can predict the others next move. So when she fails to show at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC,Bennett risks venturing far outside his jurisdiction. The investigation heundertakes is the most brilliant detective work of his careerand the mostintensely personal.

A portrait begins to emerge of awoman as adept at keeping secrets as forging powerful connections. A woman whose enemies had both the means and the motives to silencethe real Emily Parkerand her protectors.