Holmeses. Moriartys. Adlers. What's a Watson to do?When Jack Moreno receives an anonymous invitation to the Zodiac anniversary gala, he's inclined to ignore it. His best friend (and more), Holloway Holmes, vanished from his life five months ago, and Jack has no desire to bump into Holloway's terrifying father, Blackfriar. But included with the invitation is an offer Jack can't refuse: the promise that he'll learn what really happened to his mother.At the gala, an anonymous text sends Jack on a collision course with an amateur thief and, more importantly, with Holmes. Together, they must race to recover what the thief has stolen—information not only about Jack's mom, but about the Holmes family. Information that could bring down Blackfriar's empire.By the time they reach the thief, though, she's dead, and the stolen information is missing. To recover it, Jack and Holmes will have to learn who killed her. But other people, powerful...

It's almost Christmas, and Emery Hazard finds himself face to face with his own personal nightmare: going on a double date with his partner—and boyhood crush—John-Henry Somerset. Hazard brings his boyfriend; Somers brings his estranged wife. Things aren't going to end well.When a strange call interrupts dinner, however, Hazard and his partner become witnesses to a shooting. The victims: Somers's father, and the daughter of a high school friend. The crime is inexplicable. There is no apparent motive, no connection between the victims, and no explanation for how the shooter reached his targets.Determined to get answers, Hazard and Somers move forward with their investigation in spite of mounting pressure to stop. Their search for the truth draws them into a dark web of conspiracy and into an even darker tangle of twisted love and illicit desire. And as the two men come face to face with the passions and madness behind the crime, they must confront their...