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Fromthe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofthePercyJacksonandtheOlympiansseriesForTresNavarre,Englishprofessorturnedprivateinvestigator,businesshaslatelytakenadrasticturnsouth.Butifchasingdownbailjumpers,adulterousspouses,andworkmen’scompcasesseemedlikethedregsofthePIgame,itwasatleastaliving.NotasmuchcouldbesaidfortrackingdownamanlikeWill“theGhost”Stirman.Thestone-coldkillerhasjuststagedabloodyescapefromtheFloresvilleStatePenitentiarywithagangofviolentconsasspookedbyStirmanasthoseontheoutsidewhohelpedputhimbehindbars.AndnooneseemsmoreworriedthanNavarre’sbossandmentor,ErainyaManos.ItwasherhusbandalongwithrivalPISamBarrerawhobuiltthecasethatsentStirmanaway.ButErainya’shusbandisdeadandshe’scertainStirmanwon’tletthatstandinthewayofhistakingrevengeagainstherandheradoptedson.AllofNavarre’sinstinctsarescreamingthatthere’smoretothiscasethanmeetstheeye.ButErainyawon’ttellhim—andSamBarreraseemstobeescapingintoastrangetwilightfromatruthtooterribletoremember.ThatleavesTrestodigintoatwistedmysteryofgreed,vigilantism,andmurder,wherelivesareboughtandsoldandthelinebetweenguiltandinnocenceisrazor-thin.Meanwhile,Stirmanandhisgangarecoming,leavingbehindthematrailofbrutal,unforgivingviolencethatwillendinanareaofSanAntonioknownasSouthtown—butthatmaysoonjustaswellbecalledhellonearth.FromtheHardcoveredition.,