Accidents don't leave body counts.
Detective Vince Tanaka moved his family to San Diego for a fresh start—away from serial killers, away from the ghosts of New York. Then the phone rang.
Six months into his new life with the FBI, the voice on the other end is the one he prayed never to hear again. The manipulator who knows everything about him. The shadow who's always watching. And this time, the message shatters everything: San Diego has a serial killer operating under your nose, Agent. Accidents aren't always what they seem.
Train collisions. Mechanical failures. Terrible luck. Each ruled accidental. No evidence. No witnesses. No suspects. But when Vince digs deeper, the pattern emerges—someone is weaponizing everyday technology, turning the modern world into a killing floor. Someone with the engineering expertise to make murder invisible and a vendetta that won't stop until the body count satisfies their twisted sense of justice.
Racing against a countdown to catastrophe, Vince must hunt a killer who's always three steps ahead while grappling with an impossible truth: the most dangerous voice in his ear might be the only one telling him what he needs to hear.
In a city where accidents are engineered and technology turns traitor, the line between detective and pawn has never been thinner.
From the co-author of The Quiet Neighbor with J.D. Barker and author of The Ritualist, The Architect continues the pulse-pounding Vince Tanaka series. Perfect for fans of J.D. Barker's relentless suspense, Chris Carter's technical precision, and Daniel Cole's twisted procedurals—this is a thriller that weaponizes the everyday and asks: when a monster warns you before he strikes, do you trust him or run?
Genre: Mystery
Detective Vince Tanaka moved his family to San Diego for a fresh start—away from serial killers, away from the ghosts of New York. Then the phone rang.
Six months into his new life with the FBI, the voice on the other end is the one he prayed never to hear again. The manipulator who knows everything about him. The shadow who's always watching. And this time, the message shatters everything: San Diego has a serial killer operating under your nose, Agent. Accidents aren't always what they seem.
Train collisions. Mechanical failures. Terrible luck. Each ruled accidental. No evidence. No witnesses. No suspects. But when Vince digs deeper, the pattern emerges—someone is weaponizing everyday technology, turning the modern world into a killing floor. Someone with the engineering expertise to make murder invisible and a vendetta that won't stop until the body count satisfies their twisted sense of justice.
Racing against a countdown to catastrophe, Vince must hunt a killer who's always three steps ahead while grappling with an impossible truth: the most dangerous voice in his ear might be the only one telling him what he needs to hear.
In a city where accidents are engineered and technology turns traitor, the line between detective and pawn has never been thinner.
From the co-author of The Quiet Neighbor with J.D. Barker and author of The Ritualist, The Architect continues the pulse-pounding Vince Tanaka series. Perfect for fans of J.D. Barker's relentless suspense, Chris Carter's technical precision, and Daniel Cole's twisted procedurals—this is a thriller that weaponizes the everyday and asks: when a monster warns you before he strikes, do you trust him or run?
Genre: Mystery