When billionaire tech CEO Robert Cruz hires private investigator Tabitha Mars to find out if his wife is cheating, she gets the answer in two days. What she doesn't expect is the stranger his wife is meeting — a man who studies the Black Dragon headquarters like a target instead of admiring it like a rival.
Within hours, Tabitha is summoned by the U.S. Attorney's office over a federal case she's never heard of. Someone is using her name to muddy a fraud investigation, and she's starting to believe she's not the one being investigated — she's the one being set up.
As she digs deeper, with her aunt Ruby's gossip-fueled instincts and her old friend Jules's surveillance skills backing her up, Tabitha uncovers a conspiracy worth billions: a slow, patient plan to destroy a company from the inside, hiding behind a marriage that was never really about love at all.
A tense, paranoid noir thriller about money, betrayal, and the cost of seeing the truth before it's too late.
Jose A. Martinez is an independent author who writes across genres, including suspense, mystery, faith-based fiction, and family drama. His stories blend compelling characters with thought-provoking themes, drawing inspiration from history, folklore, faith, and everyday life. When not writing, he enjoys researching unusual historical events and developing new story ideas to share with readers around the world.