The death of a pharmaceutical mogul's wife brings a rising drug cartel, a compromised police force, and a depressed CEO in a collision course to control a deadly new opiate, DayDream, that makes you dream awake. The drug, the company, the streets of Boston, are all up for grabs.
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It seemed like any other Boston obituary - Zizi Geber, the wife of pharmaceutical mogul Henry White, dead in a car accident. And still, there are too many questions and not enough answers, especially when the police come knocking at Henry's door saying they found signs of foul play. With his company's drug flodding the streets illegally, the police investigating his wife's death, and shady competitors trying to take him down, the only peace he can find is at the bottom of a pill bottle - or so he thinks.
Corrupt detective Graham Dunne thought this was going to be an open and shut case. Accidents happen, after all. But every step he takes, he seems to be beaten to the punch by someone trying to cover up the truth, and the name of the crime family paying his bills keeps popping up. But above all, there seems to be something else, something macabre at play. And in the middle of all: DayDream, the drug that makes you dream awake.
Follow a journey of grief, vengeance, murder, and surrealism, as a terrible conspiracy seizes control of a historic New England city, and discover how far a person is willing to go to achieve peace.
For peace is only a DayDream away.
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"You and I are used to dealing with mysteries that live on the page."
"There are no bad guys. There are just complicated people who did bad things."
"I've got enough crime fact in my life. I don't need to read about it."
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When crime fiction and MONK nut Alex Walker stumbles upon a missing persons case on her college campus, she is determined to prove to the police department in her small hometown of Brenker, Washington that her discoveries are legitimate. She will do whatever it takes to persuade them, including finding the victim she knows is in danger.
Enter Tyler Burns - the mysterious new detective intern with no knowledge of the world that Alex and her companions live in - the world of fictional mystery. He is tall dark and handsome, but with that order comes a side of stubborn, doubtful, and inquisitive.
When their worlds collide, the two are forced together to find their vanished victim, but who knows how complicated that will get.
But the real question is not whether the victim is found, nor how Alex and Tyler will manage to find them without getting killed - or killing each other. The real question, the only one that matters, the one that has fueled crime fiction - one of the most successful genres in history - is really quite simple.
Whodunnit?
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