She ran from a murder charge—straight into the conspiracy that killed her friend.
Who drives the story
A journalist who found her friend Brent murdered and fled before police could pin it on her. Haunted by testifying against her father at twelve, she spends the book proving the same system wrong twice.
An Iraq war veteran with PTSD, hired by Brent's parents to catch Casey. Hunting her becomes the case that gives his aimless post-war life a purpose again.
Casey's friend, killed after uncovering corruption in the Shreveport police department. His flash drive and hidden notebook drive the entire plot from beyond the grave.
Shreveport detectives with buried Internal Affairs complaints, tied to a drug trafficking ring. Keegan leads Brent's murder investigation and committed the murder himself.
Grieving parents who hire Dylan to bring Casey to justice, then have to apologize to the woman they sent a hunter after.
How they are connected
A journalist who found her friend Brent murdered and fled before police could pin it on her.
An Iraq war veteran with PTSD, hired by Brent's parents to catch Casey.
An Iraq war veteran with PTSD, hired by Brent's parents to catch Casey.
An Iraq war veteran with PTSD, hired by Brent's parents to catch Casey.
Gordon Keegan and Sy RollinsBrent Pace
Keegan leads Brent's murder investigation and committed the murder himself.
Gordon Keegan and Sy RollinsBrent's parents
Keegan leads Brent's murder investigation and committed the murder himself.
Grieving parents who hire Dylan to bring Casey to justice, then have to apologize to the woman they sent a hunter after.
Go deeper
The Fugitive Who Is Innocent · Corruption Behind the Badge · A Child's Testimony, Twice · Purpose After the War
Themes explainedThe full story act by act, the ending explained and a quick quiz.
Open the summary