Solving murder cases is Hailey Wyatt's life's work—and she's a damn good detective. That is, until her own husband is brutally killed, leaving her to raise their two precious daughters alone. Without a family of her own to turn to, Hailey moves herself and the girls in with her in-laws. When Senator Jim Wyatt and his wife Liz open their home to their grandchildren and the widowed single mother, it feels like a safe haven.
Then someone takes a shot at the senator. Though her father-in-law survives the attempt on his life, Hailey suspects the shooting is connected to the murder of two of San Francisco's most powerful residents. All the evidence makes the shootings seem like some kind of political statement about gun control. The only thing Hailey knows for sure is that her family is at the center of the case, and she'll do anything to protect them. Even if it means guarding them against her own secrets . . .
Praise for the writing of Danielle Girard:
"Utterly riveting [and] brilliantly plotted." —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Before She Disappeared.
"High Speed. High Stakes. High Suspense." —Lee Child, New York Times–bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
"Compelling and compassionate, with three of the strongest female characters to have graced the genre in years." —John Connolly, New York Times–bestselling author of A River Red with Blood
"Danielle Girard knows how to rivet your attention." —Michael Prescott, New York Times–bestselling author of Stealing Faces
Danielle Girard is the USA Today and Amazon #1 bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Dr. Schwartzman Series, Chasing Darkness, and The Rookie Club Series. Her books have won the Barry Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and two of her titles have been optioned for screen adaptations. She is also the creator and host of the Killer Women podcast, where she interviews the women who write today's best crime fiction. A graduate of Cornell University, Girard received her MFA in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. When she's not traveling, she lives in the mountains of Montana.