Blood flows quicker than water…
From the palatial halls of the Blue Mosque to the arching turrets of the Bosphorus Bridges, death stalks our heroine even to beautiful foreign shores.
A fresh start brings Artemis to Istanbul, but the death of a local chess prodigy on a ferry boat under the most famous bridge in the city threatens to compromise everything.
Authorities suspect an honor killing, but Artemis believes the truth is something far more sinisteVictims are dying in public performance art, blackmailed into a suicidal spectacle...
Artemis' family is back together, and Helen thinks she knows who's committing the crimes. Artemis isn't sure she can trust her sister yet, but with no leads, and even less time, her back is against the wall, so she teams up with her sister to track a psycho.
Then, everything changes, when Jamie Kramer, Artemis' childhood sweetheart, is taken. The killer only targets people with deep secrets... And Artemis only knows of one secret that Jamie Kramer keeps on her behalf, which was the reason they broke up. During the performance art, the killer forces his victims to confess their deepest secrets to spectators, and now, not only does Artemis risk losing her ex, but her family's freedom is also on the line.
Will she be able to rescue Jamie in time? Or will another loved-one be stripped away by a deranged killer known only as the Director.r. Her investigation brings her to the doors of a local police station in a small, Turkish town, headed by an ambitious police chief who’s town is caught in a family blood feud that threatens to consume everyone and everything it touches.
For the first time in her life, Artemis believes her family might start afresh, but will this new scrutiny bring everything crashing down? Or will she be able to endear herself to the locals by solving this grisly murder?
