The Balance Sheet (A Vigilante's Due Diligence)

​THE BALANCE SHEET
(A Vigilante's Due Diligence)

​Dr. Shiori Choi built her life on meticulous order, escaping the shadow of her past. She is a renowned Seoul psychiatrist, the adopted daughter of a loving accountant, and a champion of stability. But the truth is a lie: Shiori is the daughter of Yuta Matsumoto, Japan's infamous serial killer, The Purifier.

​When Yuta's parole is denied, Shiori returns to a Tokyo prison to find answers, not redemption. Instead, she uncovers a shocking secret: Yuta's victims weren't random. They were the key to a vast government cover-up protecting the most vicious organized crime rings in Asia.

​Now, Shiori must choose between the Law the safe, ordered life her stepfather Lucas Choi fought to protect and the Truth the dangerous, bloody crusade of the father she never knew.

​Driven by a psychiatrist's skill for profiling and a killer's genetic fire, Shiori and her allies including her determined mother, Skyelynn, and a disgraced detective, Takeda-must activate Yuta's final leverage: The BALANCE Server. A political doomsday device that will either commute his sentence or destroy the entire Japanese Ministry of Justice.

​Which love saves her? The one that built the perfect lie, or the one that forces the deadliest truth?
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​"The perfect blend of Patterson's pace and Grisham's meticulous legal chess. A brilliant, terrifying debut." -The International Thriller Gazette

​"A fierce, unforgettable hero forced into a stunning moral no-man's-land. The best legal thriller in years." -Richard Castle