Ryan McCarthy

When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.

U.S. Senator Daniel Riley is found dead at his grand estate. While the police quickly rule his death a suicide, his daughter Jackie refuses to believe it. Suspecting murder, she asks her life partner, forensic psychologist and professor Millie Park, to investigate the case in secret. As Jackie and Millie dig into the family's past, they uncover a web of dark political secrets, bitter sibling rivalries, and dangerous ambitions. Set against the high-stakes backdrop of a tight election, the couple faces growing danger as they get closer to the truth. They must untangle the lies of a powerful family to expose the real killer before it is too late.

In the wake of the mortgage lending crisis, a former banker has to return home in order to get back on his feet.