In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Harlan
Coben, a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante
antihero—drawing him down a dangerous road.
Over twenty years
ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her
family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months.
Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her
family were never recovered.
Until now. On the Upper West Side,
a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two
objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase
bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities
have a lead — not only on Patricia's kidnapping, but also on another FBI
cold case — with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward
one man.
Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends
call him — doesn't know how his suitcase and his family's stolen
painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued,
especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin
was also behind an act of domestic terrorism — and that the conspirators
may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades,
but Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the
case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice.
