A 2023 AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD WINNER
A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empathâand a notorious empath hunterâto find the killer before it's too late
Itâs the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help. At an out-of-the-way Seattle marina, he discovers that three people have been butcheredâincluding the author of the countryâs strictest anti-empathy bill, which is just days from being passed into law.
Soon, Reeceâs caller arrives: a shadowy government agent known as The Dead Man, who is rumored to deal exclusively in cases involving empathy. He immediately takes over the investigation, locking out both local PD and the FBI, but, strangely, keeps Reece by his side.
As the two track an ever-growing trail of violence and destruction across Seattle, Reece must navigate a scared and angry city, an irritating attraction to his mysterious agent companion, and a rising fear that perhaps empaths like him arenât all flight and no fight after allâĶ
"Readers will be yearning for more the minute they finish the final page." âLibrary Journal, starred review, on Starcrossed
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