After a deadly school shooting claims twenty casualties—Florida’s fifth mass shooting in as many years—Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the cross-fire in this provocative and timely thriller from Harper Lee Prize winner James Grippando .“Swyteck is exceptionally cool and so is James Grippando.”—Miami Herald

Jack Swyteck is at his office when he receives the emergency text from Riverside Day School: “Active shooter on campus.” Both his daughter, Righley, and his wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, are in danger. The tragedy prompts mass hysteria—and dangerous speculation that threatens to explode in violence. Then Xavier Khoury, an eighteen-year-old senior at Riverside and the son of a Muslim man, confesses to the crime. Andie knows the boy; his mother, Molly—a woman whose bloodline goes back to the American Revolution—is one of her friends. Fearing for his life, a desperate Molly turns to Andie and Jack. A seasoned defense attorney with a passion for seeing justice done, he’s taken on plenty of complicated cases. Xavier’s, however, is not one he’s inclined to take—until an old friend who lost his daughter in the shooting convinces him that he must.With the public calling for blood and prosecutors confident their case is airtight, Jack must unearth the Khourys’ family secrets in order to expose the shocking truth and save his client from certain death. But he may not be able to save everyone—including himself.