Amy Garrett survived a brutal childhood attack in which the assailant was never found. Now she wants her story written in a novel. Kariss interviews Amy and conducts her own research, stepping unaware into a viper's pit of danger. Tigo is working on solving a car bombing and bringing the killer to justice. As Kariss's new story attracts an onslaught of danger that she never expected, can Tigo save the woman he loves and find who wants her dead for writing about an unsolved cold-case?

Dr. Amy Garrett survived a brutal childhood attack, but the assailant was never found. Now she wants suspense author Kariss Walker to tell her story in a novel. Kariss wishes she could go to Special Agent Tigo Harris for advice, but she broke off their relationship months ago. So she interviews Amy and does her own research -- stepping unaware into a viper's pit. Can Tigo save the woman he still loves and find out who wants her dead for writing about an unsolved case -- and why?

Joseph "Rick" Rickman, former boy wonder at the CIA, stole a massive amount of top secret and hugely compromising intel concerning classified operations all over the world, offering it (and himself) to the Pakistani secret forces. Only his plans went awry when CIA director Irene Kennedy sent Mitch Rapp to hunt him down. It turns out that killing Rickman didn't solve anything--in fact, the nightmare is only intensifying. Rickman stored the potentially devastating data (CIA assets, operatives, agents) somewhere only he knew, and somehow, from beyond the grave, he still poses a mortal threat to America. Now it's a deadly race as both the Pakistanis and the Americans search for Rickman's accomplices and the information they are slowly leaking to the world. Will Rapp outrun and outthink his enemies, or will the Pakistanis find it first and hold America hostage to their dream of becoming the world's new nuclear superpower?

"Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knew its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information before it falls into the wrong hands"--