Maria Strava is dead.
What began as a missing person case has taken a far darker turn. When a dismembered body washes up on the shores of Friar's Edge-and the head soon follows-Detectives Ally Emerson and Kate Snow are forced to confront the truth: this is murder.
For Snow, the case is deeply personal. The victim is her long-missing wife-a secret she kept buried until now. For Emerson, that betrayal has shattered everything. Unable to continue their relationship while Snow remains tied to another woman, she pulls away, determined to focus on the one thing she can control: finding out who killed Maria Strava.
But the deeper they dig, the more twisted the truth becomes.
Maria wasn't the woman she claimed to be. Beneath the surface lay a life of deception-fraud, manipulation, and a string of dangerous scams that may have finally caught up with her. With a growing list of suspects, including a former lover and three enigmatic housemates, Emerson and Snow must unravel a web of lies to uncover who had the motive-and the means-to kill her.
As the investigation intensifies, so do the cracks between them. Trust is fragile, and the truth may push them further apart than ever before, because solving this case isn't just about justice.
Can Emerson and Snow find their way back to each other, before it's too late?
Find out in Emerson's Plan.
