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For five years, Ali’s abduction has haunted Ryan Richardson. That night, someone hit him and dragged him from their car. His girlfriend and the car then vanished. A lawyer helps him avoid charges. No direct evidence links him to the crime. Yet podcasters and online trolls still treat him as a suspect.

Ryan changes his last name and starts law school. He visits Italy with classmates. There, he gets news from his father. Searchers have found Ali’s car in a lake back home. Inside are two bodies and an envelope with Ali’s puzzling warning. Then Ryan spots the man he recalls from that night.

His search leads through Tuscany, a British village and Paris. Two other people may hold the key to keeping him alive. One is a Kansas sheriff’s deputy on her first case. The other is a Philadelphia mobster with his own tragic loss.

Alex Finlay’s mystery thriller follows people whose paths cross. It suits crime readers who like plot twists and shifts in viewpoint. The story links Ryan’s search, the deputy’s case and the mobster’s loss.