Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum ratchets up the suspense with an authentic and morally complex mystery set deep inside the New York City police department.


When a black man is shot in the back by an NYPD golden boy, chaos erupts throughout the city. For Butch Karp, chief assistant district attorney for New York County, bullet holes aren't the only holes in this volatile case, nor in a second shocking puzzle where a slow-witted young man is facing the death penalty for murdering a Jewish diamond merchant. In an election year, it seems certain higher-ups would rather whitewash the truth than lose the Jewish vote.

At home, Karp's wife, Marlene Ciampi, recklessly celebrates the success of her Internet stocks with manic shopping sprees while his daughter skips school to feed the homeless -- right near a serial killer's hunting grounds. Desperate to avert a disaster, Karp must wade through a system of corruption and conspiracy that threatens to silence his pursuit of the truth...forever.