Three years ago, Rick Ryder left the police force.

He had solved his last case.

Then he won the biggest lottery jackpot in history.

Now he has money. Power. Freedom.

And nothing left to prove.

Until the woman he once loved is found dead in his car.

Annalisa Warner is beautiful, powerful, and married to the Speaker of the House. She has everything to lose—and apparently one secret worth killing for.

Her body is discovered at Roaring River State Park.

In Ryder’s sports car.

And someone has left behind a message only he might be able to decipher.

A message written by Annalisa before she died.

Ryder returns to Cassville, Missouri, and steps back into the world he thought he had escaped. Old friends become allies. Family becomes suspect. And Annalisa’s younger sister—still carrying a dangerous affection for Ryder—will risk everything to expose the man she believes is responsible for her sister’s death.

But the suspects have a warning for Ryder: “This case is much more than murder.”

Once you know the truth, you can never unlearn it.” 

And some truths are meant to stay buried.

THE BLOOD NECKLACE

Everyone has a secret.

Someone is willing to kill to keep this one.