"Ali Reynolds's personal life is in turmoil when two separate men show up on the scene-a serial killer and a former employee of her husband's who has just been released from a sixteen-year prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend. With lives hanging in the balance, Ali must thread the needle between good and evil in this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the "grand master of the genre" (The Providence Journal)"-- Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynolds' husband B. Simpson, has spent sixteen years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend-- but he knows the real killer is still on the loose. Vega approaches Stu Ramey of High Noon Enterprises for a reference letter for a job application, but Stu asks him to come on board and work for B. once again. Then chaos breaks out at High Noon: a deadbeat tenant who is in arrears has just fled, and tech expert Cami Lee has gone missing. As Ali races to find a connection between the two disappearances-- and help Mateo clear his name-- tragedy strikes in her personal life. -- adapted from jacket Provided by publisher.

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