In this perfect mix of sexy intrigue and swift suspense in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Stone Barrington investigates the suicide of a CIA officerβhis own cousin...
Stone Barrington hasnβt heard from his cousin, Dick Stone, in years. Then, an otherwise pleasant meal at Elaineβs is interrupted by the CIA with news of Dickβs deathβapparently by his own hand. It seems that Dick Stone, a quiet family man who doubled as a CIA agent, methodically executed his wife, daughter, and then himself...or did he? Appointed executor of Dickβs will, Stone must settle the estate andβwith the help of his ex-partner Dino and friend Holly Barkerβpiece together the elusive facts of his cousinβs life and death as a CIA operative. At every step, Stone knows he is being watched by Dickβs familyβand one of them just may be the killer.