When a famous true-crime writer is found dead in a boat on a Montauk pond, his best friend begins a quest to determine if the author committed suicide and uncovers darkness amidst a life filled with adventure and achievement.

"When DI Tom Thorne is called to conduct a routine assessment at the site of a suicide, he expects to be in and out in no time. But when he arrives at the metro station, where a woman named Philippa Goodwin threw herself in front of an underground train, Thorne inexplicably senses something awry and feels compelled to dig deeper. He soon discovers that she was the victim of a callous con-man who preys on vulnerable women, and whose deception plunged...