A Riveting Mystery

Veronica Bauer isn’t above homicide. Twelve years after a ruthless attack killed her mother and put her father in prison, she embarks on a mission to bring the real culprits to justice. As bodies start to drop, Detective Sheila Arden is assigned to the gruesome case, but she soon discovers that the truth is more complicated than she thought. In a riveting game of cat and mouse, each woman challenges the other to reach new heights.

Six months after letting Veronica Bauer, the most notorious killer in Simone City, run free, Detective Sheila Arden’s career is in the toilet. She can’t make a break in her case without exposing the truth about her complicated friendship with the killer or give her boss enough information to keep him satisfied with her progress. Meanwhile, Veronica finds herself leading a double life. She ventures out in full view of the entire city, relying on her alter ego to protect her from notice. The two women are bound to run into each other again, but what will happen when they do? 

Veronica Bauer and Sheila Arden meet by accident as teenagers on a terrible night. Twelve years later, Vee confronts her tragic past with unadvisable coping mechanisms while Sheila tackles a homicide case as a newly-minted detective. Neither of them expects to run into the other, but they soon realize that their paths are already intertwined. And there isn’t room in the city for both of them.