New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly presents his most ambitious, most gripping achievement to date--a novel of masterly suspense and righteous obsession that will never let you go.
When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister Gloria was murdered, it leaves Terry no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau--as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth.

死亡是我的领域。我以它为生。我靠它铸就我在这一行的名声。我始终认为，跟死亡打交道的诀窍，就是跟它保持一定的距离。这是一条铁律。别让它的气息吹上你的脸庞。
“令人血脉喷张。”——《今日美国》
“一本令人无法抗拒的惊悚小说。”——《纽约时报》
迈克尔·康奈利连年蝉联《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首，被GQ杂志评为“举世最杰出的推理小说家”。
约翰·麦克沃伊是一名记者，他的双胞胎哥哥肖恩则是一名侦办凶杀案的警察。在查办一桩残忍的断头案时，肖恩突然死亡。人人都以为他是因为压力过大，以致崩溃。只有约翰不接受这个结论，他决定单枪匹马调查这个事情。