Chicago PI Ashe Cayne is the perfect hero for our times.Harlan Coben#1 New York Times bestselling author Ian K. Smith brings back former Chicago detective turned private eye Ashe Caynein this eagerly anticipated mystery in which the investigator finds himself in a race against the clock to protect a high-profile Chicago news anchor and solve the racially charged murder of a Black teen by a white police officer.Someone wants Morgan Shaw deador so the beautiful, brilliant, and hugely popular evening news anchor of top-rated Chicago TV station WLTV believes. Fearing for her safety, she turns to P. I. Ashe Cayne for protection. Though he sympathizes, Ashe turns her downhes not a bodyguard. But when Morgans car tires are slashed and shes threatened again, Ashe agrees to help her.Her mysterious assailant isnt the only threat worrying Morgan. Shes nervous about the upcoming sweepsthe all-important overnight ratings periodwhich will determine Chicagos highest-rated television newscast and the citys number-one anchor. Morgan has long been Chicagos news queen. Now, though her crown is in jeopardy. She refuses to lose to her crosstown rival, and will risk everything to stay on topincluding an audacious investigation into the suspicious shooting of an unarmed African American man by a white cop. The explosive case and her discoveries boost her ratingsand create powerful enemies eager to protect their secrets.To save his client and find the truth, Ashe must wade through the tangled layers of competitive local news and the deceptive schemes of its power players, and uncover the identities of those behind the murder of a seemingly innocent man.