Prominent archaeologists Walt and Jocelyn Gaines had just completed the latest phase of excavation of a fabulous Mayan ruin when they were waylaid by bandits. In the skirmish, Jocelyn was fatally wounded. The couple's three sons Clancy, Tom, and Will, are devastated, but the loss is compounded when their father suddenly cuts off all contact without explanation. Together, the trio attempt to reconstruct what happened, and discover their father living a life of surprising affluence with a mysterious young girlfriend. The brothers explore every corner of their parents' lives...only to find out that the truth is actually much more complex than they could ever have imagined.

"Freedman exhibits the kind of raw storytelling power that keeps readers turning pages deep into the night."
-Entertainment Weekly

FOR THRILLERS THAT CRACKLE WITH SUPERIOR SUSPENSE AND HIGH-OCTANE ACTION,
NO ONE DELIVERS LIKE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
J. F. FREEDMAN

Fritz Tullis has lived a little too hard, erred a little too frequently-and now his plan to turn around a life gone wrong goes dangerously awry. Hiding out from the world after a failed affair in the cutthroat world of academia, he witnesses something no one was ever meant to see. Suddenly, forces within the U.S. government want him dead, a seductive young woman wants more from him than he can give, and he himself wants to discover the truth…in a race against the odds that grows more lethal with every blink of the eye.

A Main Selection of The Literary Guild®