It wasn’t every day a guy woke up dead.
Money can’t fix what’s broken – but maybe coming home can?
Billionaire logistics magnate Grant Foster hasn’t been back to Lakeridge, North Carolina in over a dozen years. Not since his father’s funeral.
Now he’s back for another funeral – one for his old high-school friend, Wes Davenport.
Most people wouldn’t understand why Grant and Wes would be friends, but their high school Chess club became family until their teacher was murdered two weeks before graduation. That had broken something, and they all scattered far and wide – except for Wes, who’d stayed in Lakeridge.
Now Wes is dead and the Club is returning to bury their friend – and help figure out who killed him.
For Grant, coming home brings back a lot of memories and a lot of pain. All the money in the world can’t fix that, or the loneliness in his life. He’d let himself forget what family truly meant and being back with his Club brothers is a sharp reminder.
Will coming back heal what’s broken in him, or break him worse than before?
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Amazon review
I dove headfirst into this book expecting a good story, and I was not disappointed. The character building was on point, and the story moved at a great flow. I often have difficulties staying engaged with books due to an easy to distract attention span. Rook kept me wanting to pick up and start reading again. I found myself speculating what would happen next while driving, and staying up later than anticipated to keep reading. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series!
★★★★★
Amazon review
This book is a fascinating mystery and a look into the future and all of its technology possibilities. A group of friends who were the Chess Club in high school reunite in their small town for the funeral of one of their members. With Grant as their leader, they try to unravel their friend’s murder, and they each find reasons to move back home. So much is going on under the surface of this sleepy town that it makes it hard to put this book down. Can’t wait for the next book in the series!
★★★★★
Amazon review
Set in the near future, friends and family come together for a funeral then find out that they have bigger mutual enemies to deal with. The characters and the camaraderie of people who are “other focused“ and grateful points to that future being much brighter than the one we find ourselves in today. An exciting thriller setting the foundation for what I expect will be a highly anticipated series!
