Long Shadows by David Baldacci
When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a
double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her
bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two
eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she’d made one too many enemies
over her years on the bench.
What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only
did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count—from violent gang
members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband—but the
bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further.
Who was the real target in this vicious attack?
Meanwhile, Decker must contend with a series of unsettling
changes, including a new partner—Special Agent Frederica “Freddie” White—and a
devastating event that brings Decker’s own tragic past back to the present . .
. and forces him to reckon with his future. As potential witnesses start
disappearing, Decker and White are inexorably pulled down a twisted tunnel of
secrets, crimes, and scandal—at the end of which lies Decker’s deadliest threat
yet.
