SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Everyone has secrets. Some are more deadly than others.
When a powerful land developer hires Evie Valentine's law firm for a multi-million dollar project and the charismatic young mayor convinces her to work on his re-election campaign, she's in her element. She's earning lots of money and she's making important connections with the movers and shakers at City Hall. Then she discovers a nasty secret that's gotten two people killed. She is attacked and threatened, but she's determined to uncover the truth.
Will she live long enough to follow the trail of deception wherever it may lead? Is she prepared to revisit her own past and expose secrets she's trying to forget? The only thing she knows for sure is the rich and the powerful aren't bound by the same rules as everyone else.
With surprising twists and a setting that quickly slides off-kilter, Susan Jane Wright introduces a captivating and gutsy heroine who will surprise readers up to the very last page.
