One bullet missed his head. The next one won't.When washed-up novelist Troy Wordsworth survives a drive-by shooting, he thinks it's random—until the bullet that missed him lodges inside his latest book. Now, with his ex-wife, his lover, and a dead cop tangled in a web of revenge and betrayal, Troy must face the truth behind his own fiction. The past isn't just haunting him…it's locked, loaded, and coming for his soul.A gritty, twist-packed noir from Vincent Zandri, the Thriller and Shamus Award–winning master of pulse-pounding suspense. For fans of Charlie Houston, Lawrence Block, Reed Farrell Coleman, Don Winslow, Ramond Chandler, and more."e;Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working today!"e; --Publishers Weekly"e;Zandri (is) a veteran wordsmith who executes quality and quantity at superlative levels."e; --Book Reporter