The number-one New York Times bestselling author returns with an exhilarating new FBI thriller.

San Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over a sensational murder trial when he suspects that something is very wrong. Suddenly, proceedings the proceedings take a radical turn – a federal prosecutor goes missing and Judge Hunt is shot in his own home.

Savich and Sherlock receive news of the attack on the judge as a mysterious note is delivered to Savich at the Hoover Building: For what you did you deserve this. With this ominous note looming large and judge Hunt's life hanging in the balance, Savich and Sherlock race to San Francisco to investigate.

Who is behind the shooting of Judge Ramsey Hunt? Who sent the note to Savich? And what does it all mean? When they discover one answer, more questions build up until Savich and Sherlock face the final shock.

Praise for Catherine Coulter

'Exciting . . . A tight plot full of unexpected twists will keep readers turning the pages.' Publishers Weekly

'Coulter's breezy style and nonstop action make this relentlessly readable.' Booklist