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Summary

ABOUT THIS EPISODEDetective Malcolm Khalaji is at a loss.For the second time in his life, he wasn't there when his lover needed him. And with Seong-Jae Yoon on leave pending an internal investigation, Malcolm doesn't know what to do with a shattered partner and boyfriend who's retreated from him into a dark and broken place. This time he's determined to be there no matter what Seong-Jae needs, even if it means taking time off from the pressures of their job to hold Seong-Jae through every moment of trauma, of guilt, of self-recrimination.Until a frantic phone call from Seong-Jae's parents destroys any hope of peace. Because Seong-Jae's younger sister is missing—and there's only one place she would go.Yet even if the desperate search breaks Seong-Jae's numbness, it's the warmth of family that brings him back from a black and dangerous edge—and shows Malcolm a side to Seong-Jae he never could have imagined. If each player in this game is a chess piece, then none other than Edmund Bishop is a pawn, sacrificed to save his queen. Yet is Lillienne Wellington really the one pulling the strings?Or is someone else trying to eliminate Bishop for their own dire ends?Contains mature themes.

Duration: about 3 hours (03:27:49)
Publishing date: 2023-05-30; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2023. Copyright Statment: —

• Crime & Thriller
• Contemporary Fiction
• Gay & Lesbian