Buried secrets abound in this twisty FBI kidnapping - murder thriller.
When a mansion goes up in flames, investigators make a grim discovery inside the ruins: the bodies of Bertie Lankford, a wealthy playboy with a taste for excess, and Detective Leah Murphy, a rookie cop with her career just beginning. Both were dead before the fire was set. Leah was off duty, armed, and alone with Bertie. What was she doing there—and who wanted her dead?
FBI Special Agent Cassie Viera soon learns Leah had been searching for her missing sister, a waitress at Bertie’s upscale restaurant. But Leah never reported her sister missing. She never told her fellow officers what she’d uncovered. And she never mentioned the secret boyfriend no one knew existed.
As the investigation deepens, a pushy DEA agent claims the murders are cartel-related, insisting Bertie was running drugs through his private plane. Cassie isn’t convinced. The crime feels more personal.
When death threats target the police department and another fire claims a life, Cassie realizes the killer isn’t finished. Not with the cops. Not with their families. Not even with her husband, the town’s chief of police.
Because in a town where privilege buys silence, someone is settling old scores—and no one is safe.
RECKONING is a gripping crime thriller about buried truths, corruption, and revenge.
Genre: Mystery
When a mansion goes up in flames, investigators make a grim discovery inside the ruins: the bodies of Bertie Lankford, a wealthy playboy with a taste for excess, and Detective Leah Murphy, a rookie cop with her career just beginning. Both were dead before the fire was set. Leah was off duty, armed, and alone with Bertie. What was she doing there—and who wanted her dead?
FBI Special Agent Cassie Viera soon learns Leah had been searching for her missing sister, a waitress at Bertie’s upscale restaurant. But Leah never reported her sister missing. She never told her fellow officers what she’d uncovered. And she never mentioned the secret boyfriend no one knew existed.
As the investigation deepens, a pushy DEA agent claims the murders are cartel-related, insisting Bertie was running drugs through his private plane. Cassie isn’t convinced. The crime feels more personal.
When death threats target the police department and another fire claims a life, Cassie realizes the killer isn’t finished. Not with the cops. Not with their families. Not even with her husband, the town’s chief of police.
Because in a town where privilege buys silence, someone is settling old scores—and no one is safe.
RECKONING is a gripping crime thriller about buried truths, corruption, and revenge.
Genre: Mystery
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