Ex-Royal Marine Commando Mike Lynch

When FBI Agent Sydney Merlot returns to her home town in northern California to wind down her late father's PI business, she soon finds herself on the wrong side of the aftermath of a high school shooting. Sydney's childhood friend - who is now county sheriff - plus the local PD, the mayor's office, and most of the town's inhabitants, are convinced the horror ended when the gunman was killed. Now they just want to be left alone to mourn. But Sydney has other ideas - and she is not alone. While having to work through her own personal grief, Sydney is openly intimidated and receives anonymous threats. After discovering she is under surveillance, she begins to fear for her life. During her investigation she gains several allies, but as the days pass, Sydney doesn't know who to trust, and which new friends might actually turn out to be foes...

After witnessing a murder in a lay-by, Mike Lynch snatches the victim's car in order to get away. But having evaded his pursuer, Mike soon makes a shocking discovery - the victim's young daughter and her nanny are hiding in the rear footwell. Only after agreeing to help the woman and the child does Mike learn who the murdered man was. And when he discovers who pulled the trigger he realises how much danger they are all in. Mike has to fight for his life to protect a woman and a child he doesn't know. And when the death count rises, he discovers who his friends are and what kind of man he really is...