A California heiress's death leads a PI into her powerful family's unsettling secrets in a "gritty neo-noir with an all-too-plausible speculative twist" ( Publishers Weekly).
Who is Claire Gravesend? So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner's ruling of suicide. Olivia hires Crowe, who-having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin-is eager for distraction. But the questions about the Gravesend family pile up fast.
First, Caire's autopsy reveals peculiar scars that Olivia won't explain. Then, Crowe encounters an armed intruder at Claire's Boston townhouse. And when he finds Claire's secret San Francisco pied-à-terre, his questions come to a head. Sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, he finds Claire-her face, her hair, her scars-and as far as he can tell, she's alive. And Crowe's back at the start: Who is Claire Gravesend?
An Edgar Award Finalist

JONATHAN MOORE is the author of five books, including The Poison Artist, The Dark Room, and The Night Market. Before completing law school, he was an English teacher, a bar owner, a raft guide, a counselor at a wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defense attorney.

Edgar Award Finalist Taut, smart and electrifying. Liv ConstantineA new thriller from a writer who's been compared to Michael Crichton, Alfred Hitchcock, Raymond Chandler, Blake Crouch, and David Cronenberg takes us to the most menacing core of California's upper crust, a class of billionaires with more money than they could spend in an eternity.Who is Claire Gravesend? So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, whohaving just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpinis eager for distraction. But the questions about the Gravesend family pile up fast. First, the autopsy reveals round scars running down Claire's spine, old marks Olivia won't explain. Then, Crowe visits Claire's Boston townhouse and has to fend off an armed intruder. Is it the Feds out for revenge? Or is this connected to the Gravesends? He leaves Boston afraid, but finds his way to Claire's secret San Francisco pied--terre. It's there that his questions come to a head. Sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, he finds Claireher face, her hair, her scarsand as far as he can tell, she's alive. And Crowe's back at the start: Who is Claire Gravesend?