"This is the first in a new series for Pearson, whose cleverly interwoven plots and crisp, economical prose have graced more than a dozen thrillers." - Booklist, starred.

The #1 bestselling author returns with a completely new setting - Sun Valley, Idaho - and a heart-stopping story in which a local sheriff struggles to protect a controversial politician from the elegant plan of a hired assassin. Eight years ago, all that stood between U.S. Attorney General Elizabeth Shaler and a knife-wielding killer was local patrolman Walt Fleming. Now Liz returns to Sun Valley as the keynote speaker of billionaire Patrick Cutter's world-famous media conference which will bring together the richest, most powerful business tycoons in the world. She's expected to announce her candidacy of the presidency at the conference, which is a coup for Cutter but a security nightmare for Walt.