Kat Donovan is an NYPD detective who discovers her ex-fiancé, Jeff Pray, on a dating site eighteen years after he disappeared from her life without explanation. Her attempt to reconnect links him to a modern kidnapping ring that exploits lonely people through online catfishing and financial extortion. Simultaneously, Kat pursues the truth behind her father’s murder, an old case involving a local mobster that her family has long considered resolved. These two investigations merge into a conspiracy involving a private farm where victims are hidden and disposed of by a ruthless criminal syndicate.
Readers who enjoy police procedurals combined with high-tech crime scenarios will find this narrative structure satisfying. Those interested in the psychological mechanics of digital manipulation and grief often turn to this work for its focus on how past trauma influences professional judgment. The reader understands the logistical reality of identity theft and the vulnerabilities inherent in virtual intimacy. By the final chapter, the audience receives a resolution to both the cold case homicide and the modern abduction plot, illustrating how personal history and criminal justice intersect.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
