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The Ghost Passenger
A passenger vanishes from a glass-enclosed boat in broad daylight. Seventy-three witnesses remember him. He never existed.Private investigator Maya Chen has built a quiet reputation for solving cases no one else can crack. So when Chicago PD Detective Sarah Rodriguez calls at 8:47 PM with an impossible crime on the Chicago River, Maya is on the first flight out.
The setup is clean. A thirty-four-year-old tourist named Marcus Webb boarded a ninety-minute architecture tour. The captain never lost sight of the water. The cameras caught every angle. Seventy-three strangers recall Webb in vivid, specific detail.
Except their memories contradict the laws of physics. And Marcus Webb's driver's license, social security number, and entire past were constructed eighteen months ago by someone with federal-level access.
The victim never existed. The case was never about him. It was about her.
As Maya assembles a specialist team, a cybersecurity expert, a surveillance operative, and a forensic psychologist, an encrypted message
I've been studying you for three years, two months, and sixteen days. I know how you think. I know how you take your coffee. I'm not just someone who's studied your cases. I'm someone who's worked with you.
Somewhere in Chicago, a man Maya once trusted has spent years building the perfect trap, a case designed around every pattern she's ever used to solve one. He has the resources of a former federal agent, a fortress on the forty-seventh floor, and a list of other investigators he's already destroyed.
To stop him, Maya will have to turn his own surveillance empire against him, and bet her life that he can't resist performing for an audience.
Perfect for readers who fair-play puzzle satisfaction of Stuart TurtonThe psychological-predator chill of Gillian FlynnThe pattern-clicking pleasure and ensemble wit of Richard OsmanBook Two in the Maya Chen series. Fully standalone. No cliffhanger.
If you love impossible-crime thrillers where every clue matters, where the investigator is as sharp as the antagonist, and where the reveal rewards you for paying attention, start reading tonight.
The setup is clean. A thirty-four-year-old tourist named Marcus Webb boarded a ninety-minute architecture tour. The captain never lost sight of the water. The cameras caught every angle. Seventy-three strangers recall Webb in vivid, specific detail.
Except their memories contradict the laws of physics. And Marcus Webb's driver's license, social security number, and entire past were constructed eighteen months ago by someone with federal-level access.
The victim never existed. The case was never about him. It was about her.
As Maya assembles a specialist team, a cybersecurity expert, a surveillance operative, and a forensic psychologist, an encrypted message
I've been studying you for three years, two months, and sixteen days. I know how you think. I know how you take your coffee. I'm not just someone who's studied your cases. I'm someone who's worked with you.
Somewhere in Chicago, a man Maya once trusted has spent years building the perfect trap, a case designed around every pattern she's ever used to solve one. He has the resources of a former federal agent, a fortress on the forty-seventh floor, and a list of other investigators he's already destroyed.
To stop him, Maya will have to turn his own surveillance empire against him, and bet her life that he can't resist performing for an audience.
Perfect for readers who fair-play puzzle satisfaction of Stuart TurtonThe psychological-predator chill of Gillian FlynnThe pattern-clicking pleasure and ensemble wit of Richard OsmanBook Two in the Maya Chen series. Fully standalone. No cliffhanger.
If you love impossible-crime thrillers where every clue matters, where the investigator is as sharp as the antagonist, and where the reveal rewards you for paying attention, start reading tonight.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2025
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