A rising FBI analyst’s investigation into a quadruple murder, a diplomat’s assassination, and a fugitive’s death leads her on a dangerous quest through her own family’s history, exposing lethal secrets.

At twenty-three, Bethany Briggs is one of the youngest analysts serving in the FBI’s San Francisco field office. Smart and diligent, she gets a big break when the violent crimes squad enlists her help in a case that brings her own cultural ties unexpectedly to the forefront.

Four Filipino men—three of them members of the communist militia—are found murdered in the rainforest. Soon after, a diplomat is assassinated and the body of the prime suspect in the quadruple murder washes up on a beach. There’s a darker pattern beneath these killings. FBI investigations don’t often turn personal. But as each murder connects to the next, the compelling trail of forensic evidence, including surveillance footage, leads Bethany straight to someone she loves.

Caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and political intrigue, Bethany must now decide where her duty lies. And between her duty and her heritage stands an impossible choice—family loyalty colliding with a name that just became Bethany’s top person of interest.

© 2027 by Cindy Fazzi, all rights reserved.

Cindy Fazzi is a Filipino American writer and former Associated Press reporter who has worked as a journalist in the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. The first book in Fazzi’s Domingo the Bounty Hunter series, Danger No Problem (formerly titled Multo), was a finalist in the Best Literary category of the 2024 Silver Falchion Award. Her historical novel, My MacArthur, was published by Sand Hill Review Press in 2018, and her short stories have appeared in TOUGH, Snake Nation Review, Copperfield Review Quarterly, and SNReview. She has also written articles for the Daily Beast, Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly, and Writer’s Digest. To learn more, visit the author’s website at www.cindyfazzi.com.