Discover the novel praised being a “nail-biting thriller” (Publishers Weekly), a “compelling web” (Kirkus Reviews), “tightly plotted character study” (RT Magazine), and a “dark, twisty tale of lurid secrets, lavish lifestyles, and devastating loss” (Lisa Gardner).

A female who nearly had it all….On the surface, Celine Gonzalez had everything a twenty-eight-year-old in Manhattan could want: a one-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side, a job that (mainly) paid the bills, and an acceptance notice about HE’LL Be My Ruin to the prestigious Hollingsworth Institute of Art, where she would finally live out her dream of becoming an antiques appraiser for a major auction house. All she had worked so difficult to attain was finally within her reach. Why would she destroy herself?

A man who was supposed to be her salvation….Maggie Sparkes arrives in NEW YORK to finish off what’s still left of her best friend’s belongings after a suicide that has left everyone stunned. The authorities have deemed the evidence conclusive: Celine experienced bed, downed a lethal cocktail of supplements and vodka, and never woke up. But when Maggie discovers a scandalous picture within a lock package concealed in Celine’s house, she begins requesting questions. Queries about the person Celine fell in love with. The man she never informed anyone about, not even Maggie. The man Celine believed would switch her life.

Until he became her damage….In the hunt for evidence that will force the authorities to reopen the situation, Maggie uncovers a lot more than she bargained for approximately Celine’s private life-and inadvertently puts herself in the radar of a killer. A killer who’ll stop at nothing to keep his offences undiscovered.