The Last Honest Lie

His job is to uncover the truth. Keeping his cover could destroy the woman who trusts him.

State investigator Daniel Mercer enters a powerful district attorney's political operation under a borrowed name. His assignment: find evidence that celebrated prosecutor Adrian Voss builds convictions on coerced testimony and buried records.

Then Daniel meets Elena Ruiz.

A former witness coordinator, Elena knows how the office works-and what happens to people who question it. She has records that could expose Voss, a teenage son to protect, and reasons to distrust anyone offering help.

When an accountant is murdered and evidence points to Elena, Daniel's investigation becomes a race to dismantle the case against his own witness. His superiors want him to stay undercover. Elena wants him to tell the truth.

Daniel has failed a frightened witness before. Now someone appears to know what Elena has told investigators, and every attempt to protect her risks exposing his identity.

To bring down Voss, Daniel must keep lying to the people around him. To earn Elena's trust, he must finally tell her what those lies could cost.

The Last Honest Lie is a standalone crime suspense novella about an undercover investigation, a compromised justice system, and the limits of a promise made in secret.