The Cost of Crime
Connor Lopez is dead. The explanation is simple. The file is closed. But grief makes Bella Lopez notice things others don’t — a medical bill for someone she’s never met, a....
Connor Lopez is dead. The explanation is simple. The file is closed. But grief makes Bella Lopez notice things others don’t — a medical bill for someone she’s never met, a phone number without a name, and the sense that Connor had been afraid long before he died. Following the pieces Connor left behind, Bella discovers Cora — a survivor Connor tried to protect — and whispers about a place where people disappear in quieter ways than anyone notices. The deeper Bella goes, the more Connor’s life begins to look like an investigation he never finished. And the closer she gets to understanding what he found, the clearer it becomes that the danger that killed Connor hasn’t gone anywhere. Some truths stay hidden because no one survives long enough to tell them.