Elly Parker built her fame on viral videos of random acts of kindness. Everyone adored her until everything fell apart. When she walked in on her husband, James, and her best friend, Harriet, in her own apartment livestreaming it by accident, the internet turned them into the most despised couple online. Suddenly, Elly’s entire life was under a microscope.
Determined to stay off-camera, Elly quietly helps a man on crutches one afternoon. No cameras. No hashtags. Just kindness. What she doesn’t realise is that someone has been watching her closely. Two weeks later, James and Harriet are found poisoned and Elly instantly becomes the prime suspect with the clearest motive imaginable.
This becomes Eddie Flynn’s next high-profile case, and it’s about to test every trick he’s ever learned. The deeper he and his team dig, the darker the truth gets and things only spiral further when his own ex-wife faces a murder accusation too.
I love a clever courtroom drama with an antagonist who always seems one step ahead. And that final twist completely froze my brain. This was my first Steve Cavanagh even though it’s book nine in the Eddie Flynn series, and now I’m fully invested.