With his gutwrenching brand of suspense Ethan Black has earned praise fromreaders and critics alike. Now New York City police detective Conrad Voortreturns in h... » 

With his gutwrenching brand of suspense Ethan Black has earned praise fromreaders and critics alike. Now New York City police detective Conrad Voortreturns in his most compelling complex and seductive case yet. After a tenyear separation Conrad Voort meets his childhood pal Meechum Keefe for drinksin Greenwich Village and finds him frightened and depressed. Within hoursMeechum disappears and the only clue Voort has is a napkin upon which Keefehas scrawled five names. Investigating further he connects the accidentaldeaths of three people on the list and his instincts tell him that the twoleft alive are next. As he tries to locate them before its too late Voortuncovers a vast conspiracy of death that stretches across the countrythreatening the very fabric of American life. And the conspirators havediscovered Voort. Locked in a shadow war against enemies who follow their ownlethal agenda Voort is torn between upholding the law and sacrificingeverything to stop the killing once and for all.... «