it's december 2017 and consultant nick harmon is screwed. when he finds his ex-flame murdered the night before a reunion, police suspect he's the long-hibernating surf club killer. nick has his own theory too: that adnan sulaiman, the event's guest-of-honor, copycat-killed her. backing it up only sinks him deeper into suspicion. but nick's unconcerned. even if he cuts his own throat, he's going to make sulaiman pay. ​adnan sulaiman's latest deal will make real estate history. but the indonesian billionaire now stands accused of murder. not by dc police, by a dead woman he never met and a cabal of media loudmouths. the bad news goes global fast. one partner bails, others waiver, and protesters mass at headquarters. he's in the fight of his life and won't back down.​detective steve caine designates nick the key suspect and sulaiman a longshot. but is either man the elusive serial killer? troubling inconsistencies mount, and unanswered questions dog him. then a reporter breaks news about crucial evidence. one murderer or two? and if the surf club killer's in town, when will he carve another wave?