<p><b>The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing and in danger. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. The two strike a deal. </b></p><p>Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. <i>Just one father helping another. </i></p><p><i></i></p><p>The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation &#8212; and also to the mayor's missing daughter, Natalie, a twenty-one-year-old computer prodigy. The murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. </p><p><b></b></p><p>Michael Bennett has always been an honorable man, but sometimes &#8212; when the lives of innocents are at stake &#8212; honor has to take a back seat. Survival comes first. <b></b></p>

Unabridged.