In this electrifying new J.J. Graves mystery, New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart weaves a heart-stopping tale of greed, loyalty, and survival, where fighting dirty is the only way to win.
In the shadowed corners of Bloody Mary, Virginia, where secrets fester like old wounds, coroner J.J. Graves and Sheriff Jack Lawson uncover a brutal truth that hits too close to home. When a young boxer is found dead in an abandoned warehouse, his body battered beyond the ring's rules, J.J.'s autopsy reveals a chilling detail: he was drugged to throw a fight, and someone cashed in on his last breath. The trail leads to an underground fight club operating beneath the town's historic docks, where Bloody Mary's elite wager fortunes on blood and betrayal.
As J.J. and Jack infiltrate a world of rigged bets and broken bones, they discover the syndicate's roots trace back to a Prohibition-era scandal that still haunts the town. When a second murder points to a trusted mentor from Jack's past, the couple faces a gauntlet of lies, fists, and hidden agendas. With a ruthless kingpin calling the shots and the next fight rigged to kill, J.J. and Jack must go all-in to bring justice?before they're counted out for good.
