"Hired to solve a cold-case murder, private detective Ronni Brilliant, a transgender former Marine MP, struggles with the prospect that her own client, Hamilton Blethen, may be the killer. Blethen, charged with selling a forgery of The Reaper, a famous painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro, fires Brilliant, adding to her suspicion. Driven by self-doubt and her own demons, Brilliant searches for Blethen's estranged mother who may have information about the murder and her son's innocence, but the search sends Brilliant down a dangerous path that leads to Magnolia Kanaranzi, a Boston media magnate in the midst of a campaign for the U.S. Senate. Propelled by her crazed quest for political power, Kanaranzi unleashes the might of her wealth and influence to keep Brilliant's investigation from interfering with the election and from uncovering her sordid past. As polls close, pieces of the puzzle fall into place, but the final picture is not the one Brilliant expected as neither Blethyn, nor Kanarnazi turn out to be who they appear to be." -- page 4 of cover.