Julep may have recovered some of her grifter mojo after the last month's catastrophes, but her search for Dani has gotten exactly nowhere. She’s still looking, but as the days wear on, she’s beginning to think Dani doesn’t want to be found.
Then she gets a call from a mysterious source, who tells her that the information she desperately needs to both locate Dani and unlock the blue-fairy flash drive can be found at the Chinese consulate. What the caller fails to mention is that the same information will drop Julep straight into a conspiracy that threatens the entire city of Chicago.
With a few new rookies along for the ride, Julep and her associates-in-crime must step in where law enforcement fears to tread to shield their home city from the shadowy threat.
Will Julep be able to outsmart old enemies, stay out of the crosshairs of new ones, and still find Dani? Or is she in way over her head?
MARY ELIZABETH SUMMER (she/her) likes to poke at dark places until the light spills out, which is why her characters are constantly glaring at her and applying adhesive bandages. She is currently contributing to the delinquency of minors by writing books about a teen con artist solving mysteries by doing crime. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her daughter and small menagerie of pets. For email updates on new releases, sign up on maryelizabethsummer.com.