Things get personal for Deputy Coroner Clay Edison when a murder hits close to home in this riveting, emotional thriller from the bestselling father-son team who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King).
A raging wildfire. A massive blackout. A wealthy man shot to death in his palatial hilltop home.
For Clay Edison, it's all in a day's work. As a deputy coroner, caring for the dead, he speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves. He prides himself on an unflinching commitment to the truth. Even when it gets him into trouble.
Then, while working the murder scene, Clay is horrified to discover a link to his brother, Luke. Horrified. But not surprised. Luke is fresh out of prison and struggling to stay on the straight and narrow.
And now he's gone AWOL.
The race is on for Clay to find him before anyone else can. Confronted with Luke's legacy of violence, Clay is forced to reckon with his own suspicions, resentments, and loyalties. Is his brother a killer? Or could he be the victim in all of this, too?
This is Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman at their most affecting and page-turning--a harrowing collision of family, revenge, and murder.
About the AuthorJonathan Kellerman is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of more than forty crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series,
The Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True Detectives, and
The Murderer's Daughter. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored
Double Homicide and
Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored
Crime Scene, A Measure of Darkness, The Golem of Hollywood, and
The Golem of Paris. He is also the author of two children's books and numerous nonfiction works, including S
avage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and
With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California and New Mexico.
Jesse Kellerman won the Princess Grace Award for best young American playwright and is the author of
Sunstroke, Trouble (nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Novel),
The Genius (winner of the Grand Prix des Lectrices de
Elle),
The Executor, and
Potboiler (nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel). He lives in California.