Stella, Richard and baby Lola. A perfect family. Stella’s a high-flying cop and Richard’s legal work aims to expose corruption in high places. But powerful people want Richard dead, and they don’t care who gets in the way. In a calculated act of violence, the family is torn apart and Stella is plunged into a nightmare of grief, barely surviving on alcohol and pills.
A year later, after compassionate leave, she starts to pick apart the original investigation into the hit and run that left her a widow. Her shocking discovery forces her into a dangerous world of lies and cover-ups where the law doesn’t apply. And the only rule is kill or be killed.
As Stella closes in on the people who really killed her husband, they fight back, freeing a psychopath from prison to hunt her down. But Stella has learned a hard lesson. And she’s not about to break under pressure. Forget the law: Stella wants REVENGE.
This dark, disturbing psychological crime thriller will leave you short of sleep. It will keep you guessing from page one, including a truly shocking first-act twist. Its powerful female characters will have you rooting for them against all the odds they face.