Six months ago, seventeen‑year‑old Kayta vanished into the wind, hours after a bullet tore through Johnnie Walker’s shoulder and took the rest of his life with it. He’s spent every day since searching for her, chasing ghosts, and trying to pretend he isn’t falling apart.
Then a dead man turns up.
Tim Antoun.
Kayta’s father.
The monster she ran from.
Johnnie finds the body first. He was planning to kill Antoun himself until someone beat him to it. Execution‑style. Clutched in the corpse’s hand is a single strand of rainbow‑colored hair.
Kayta’s hair.
When the cops drag Johnnie out in cuffs, he knows two things: she’s alive, and she’s in deeper trouble than he ever imagined. A masked intruder at the crime scene proves someone else is hunting her too. Someone willing to kill anyone in their way.
With his PI license suspended, his right arm barely functional, and the LAPD watching him, Johnnie has nothing left but instinct, painkillers, and the promise he made to a girl who once stole his laptop and his heart in the same breath.
To find Kayta, he’ll have to burn every bridge, break every rule, and walk straight into the fire he started.
Because if she pulled the trigger…
He’ll protect her.
And if she didn’t…
He’ll find the person who did.
Either way, someone’s going to get burn.
Genre: Mystery
Then a dead man turns up.
Tim Antoun.
Kayta’s father.
The monster she ran from.
Johnnie finds the body first. He was planning to kill Antoun himself until someone beat him to it. Execution‑style. Clutched in the corpse’s hand is a single strand of rainbow‑colored hair.
Kayta’s hair.
When the cops drag Johnnie out in cuffs, he knows two things: she’s alive, and she’s in deeper trouble than he ever imagined. A masked intruder at the crime scene proves someone else is hunting her too. Someone willing to kill anyone in their way.
With his PI license suspended, his right arm barely functional, and the LAPD watching him, Johnnie has nothing left but instinct, painkillers, and the promise he made to a girl who once stole his laptop and his heart in the same breath.
To find Kayta, he’ll have to burn every bridge, break every rule, and walk straight into the fire he started.
Because if she pulled the trigger…
He’ll protect her.
And if she didn’t…
He’ll find the person who did.
Either way, someone’s going to get burn.
Genre: Mystery