The second book in this acclaimed mystery series takes place in New York City, where a women’s powerhouse magazine hires Paige to write a story about Jenny Ross, a young, genius PhD, who has created thinking robots. Someone murders Jenny Ross in her office the day before the initial interview.

Because she didn’t know Jenny and has no personal involvement, Paige wants out of the assignment feeling she isn’t the right person to tell the story. That quickly changes when a young woman Paige has never met warns her that an investor group known as Praetorian murdered Jenny, and is coming after Paige to stop her from disclosing what she knows. Two days later, the young woman turns up near death in a hospital emergency ward, and Paige knows she is next on the list.

Praetorian starts to close in, and to lure her into a deadly trap, kidnaps her dearest friend. Fearing Praetorian will kill them both, Paige seeks the help of a powerful group of lawyers, police, and government agents, who tell her the only way to save her friend and destroy Praetorian is to put her life on the line.