After his daughter overdosed and died, William Thomas Knox brutally murdered billionaire Skip Buchanan, patriarch of the family many hold responsible for the American opioid epidemic. Online communities glorified Skip's death - one murder to balance out the loss of one million innocent people - and turned Knox into a hero.
One year later, veteran Harper Scott is out of work and just desperate enough to take a job protecting members of the hated Buchanan family. Then, as the online mob grows and death threats against the Buchanans reach a fevered pitch, another Buchanan is murdered and Harper is thrown into a race to find the killer.
There are precious few Americans who have not been harmed by the opiod crisis. But how do you find a killer when there are millions of suspects? David Barbaree is a lawyer and a graduate of the Curtis Brown Creative Writing School. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter. A killer is targeting executives at a US pharmaceutical corporation in revenge for their involvement in the opioid epidemic. INTELLIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL: Brilliant writing and an excellent, timely and intelligent crime story. AWARDS PEDIGREE: Author was longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown for DEPOSED BROAD APPEAL: the entire world became aware of the opioid crisis in the US through hit Netflix and streamer dramas Painkiller and Dopesick - and award winning non fiction such as Empire of Pain.
