An electrifying game of cat and mouse between an imprisoned mastermind and a crime writer with a hidden past.

In this darkly suspenseful novel about buried secrets, Lizbeth Greene, a celebrated crime novelist whose inspiration has run dry, seeks out Wilson Velez, a gang lord just removed from five years of solitary confinement. Convinced that writing a book about Velez could revive her ailing career, Lizbeth persuades Wilson’s attorney to allow her to visit the notorious convict in his high-security Philadelphia prison.

Nervous, stammering, and withdrawn, Wilson is far from the cold-blooded, charismatic killer that Lizbeth had expected. But as their visits continue, she gradually becomes drawn into Wilson’s sinister world, and the two engage in a complex and fascinating dance of attraction and rejection: Lizbeth needs Wilson to kick-start her career; Wilson needs Lizbeth to sway an upcoming appeals case and keep him from returning to solitary confinement. As they reveal secrets that are more and more incriminating, their increasingly intimate and dangerous exchanges build to an unforgettable climax.