Every death starts with a life…
The first 48 hours of a murder investigation are critical… but what about the last 48 hours of the victim’s life?
HIGHER GROUND turns the classic mystery on its head by alternating between the first 48 hours of the murder investigation and the last 48 hours of the murder victim’s life, told from his point of view.
In Detroit, unemployed automotive worker Bruce Jalopnik is found murdered in an empty field, the latest victim of a globalized economy. It’s up to rookie homicide detective Amy Delvecchio and her more experienced partner Dexter Lemmon to find Bruce’s killer.
Bruce’s final 48 hours — spent desperately trying to save the ex-wife and son that abandoned him — alternate with the first 48 hours of the murder investigation, as suspects weave in and out of both stories, with lies and the truth never too far apart. Meanwhile, Amy has to deal with her dying father and her estranged sister, who comes back into her life at precisely the wrong moment.
As both of their clocks wind down in this gripping mystery book full of shocking twists, Amy the detective and Bruce the victim both come to a realization: that the past is never the past… and the future is never guaranteed.