Doomed love, shocking secrets, and a dark truth too terrible to reveal Investigative journalist Birdie Elizabeth Keane would give anything-even her Pulitzer-to see Matt Whelan, the love of her life, one more time. The sudden death of the Los Angeles cop has left her devastated, angry, and baffled. Coming from a traditional Irish-Catholic family of cops, Birdie can't ignore the bizarre coincidences surrounding his "accidental" death-or her suspicion that he planned it. A twisting trail of clues leads her to a sixteen-year-old murder, a cold case she's always wanted to solve. With dangerous forces closing in, Birdie races to decipher Matt's last message for her. Each stunning revelation brings her closer to the dark truth about a man she thought she knew-Was he a dirty cop?-and unimaginable, painful secrets about the people she loves most.