Judas and the Ghost

At a Halloween photo walk, Tara Linskey's private image appears in public.

The threat is theatrical, cruel, and impossible to ignore. It is signed The Judgement. By morning, Tara is dead.

Detective Bria Friday has worked ugly cases before, but this one is built from the things people perform and the things they hide: sex, access, passwords, jealousy, friendship, grief, and the vicious confidence of anyone who thinks shame is a weapon. Tara's circle offers suspects, witnesses, and versions of ...