To Love a Ghost

Investigative journalist Mara Quinn hates offline meets-until a whistleblower staggers into a Seattle parking garage bleeding out and shoves a black drive into her hands. One phrase follows her into the dark: "Whiteout Protocol." Seconds later, the source is executed... and Mara becomes the next target.

The system meant to protect her is already compromised, so the DA assigns a private close-protection specialist: Luke Hayes-cold, controlled, and willing to destroy her phone with a hammer to...