A spiraling case of betrayal, corruption, and murder could destroy Eve Ronin if she exposes it in a gripping thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.
A fifty-five-gallon drum washes up in the Malibu Lagoon stuffed with the corpse of Gene Dent, the key player in a bribery scandal that ensnared several local politicians. LASD detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone know the case—and all the likely suspects—well. Just as they begin their investigation, the sheriff publicly reveals evidence linking the crime to LA’s mayor.
But Eve and Duncan realize the bombshell allegation, true or not, arises from corruption within the sheriff’s own office…because they helped cover it up years ago. If the sheriff goes down, so will they.
Eve is agonizing over her moral dilemma when a helicopter crashes in the hillside below her Calabasas home. It’s not a coincidence. Eve soon discovers among the twisted wreckage and dead passengers shocking connections to her own past…and they lead straight to a fight for her life.
The series
Los Angeles hides its secrets in plain sight, behind the walls of luxury homes, beneath wildfire-scorched hills, and inside the quiet corridors of power. At the center of that tangled landscape stands Eve Ronin, the youngest homicide detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, trying to carve out truth in a place built on illusion.
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What begins as a hard-won promotion after a viral arrest soon becomes a relentless test of integrity. Each investigation pulls her deeper into the city’s contradictions: fame and failure, loyalty and betrayal, justice and corruption. With every case, Eve faces the uneasy question of whether the system she serves is worth the price it demands.
The series blends the precision of a police procedural with the tension of a psychological thriller. Set against the vivid sprawl of Southern California, from sunlit canyons to gated estates, it captures the uneasy rhythm of a world where everyone performs, and where the truth, once uncovered, can destroy as easily as it can heal.
Gritty, fast-paced, and grounded in moral complexity, this crime fiction series doesn’t just trace the path of a detective. It exposes the fragile boundary between ambition and obsession. For readers drawn to authentic law enforcement detail, layered mysteries, and the pulse of Los Angeles itself, these stories deliver a sharp, unflinching look at what it means to fight for justice in a city built on secrets.
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