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Put into the awkward position of cleaning up a colleague's sloppy investigation, Vasily immediately finds himself on the defensive after he begins asking uncomfortable questions in pursuit of the truth. And when he pulls a thread that inadvertently connects to a decades-old suspicious death that has a personal connection to the department, he encounters uncompromising and outdated attitudes in the one place he least expects to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile he'd hoped for a fresh start, this wasn't exactly what he had in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone and truly on his own for the first time in years, Vasily buries himself in his initial case as lead detective and leans heavily on a new friend - one who he hopes could become something more, replacing the ache in his soul that has dogged him since leaving everything he loved behind in Windeport. 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Constitutionally being unable to say no to Rosie Frankenoffer does offer one benefit: dragging Alex along to the party will temporarily distract the diver-turned-career counselor from his quest to uncover the truth. While it may only be a reprieve of a few hours, it's one that Vas sorely needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnbeknownst to Vasily, someone else has also chosen to use the gala as cover, albeit for far more nefarious reasons. The discovery of a mask belonging to one of the very teens the gala was meant to support is the first clue that a darkness, long dormant in Rancho Linda, has finally awakened, one with a sinister design to rid the city of anything deemed insufficiently adherent to cultural norms that never existed in Southern California. Thrust into a race to find the missing teenager before the unthinkable happens, Vasily is startled to discover that more than a few residents in Rancho Linda feel the same way - otherwise normal people who seem to have latched on to a philosophy that makes it acceptable to blame society's ills on those considered to be an other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo stranger to placing himself into harm's way, Vasily knows he has to tread carefully in order to protect those he holds dear. 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Well known for being a frequent critic of law enforcement, Grandchester's annoying propensity for injecting herself into any high-profile case in Southern California often brought with it the sort of media exposure Vas had only previously experienced while completing as an Olympic swimmer.  So he's not sure if it's some sort of karmic revenge for dodging her repeated requests to sit for an exclusive interview about the murder of actor Rebecca McClure when Grandchester's body is found beneath a pallet of building supplies at an affordable housing construction site in the heart of the city.  \nDiscovering why the reporter was at the construction site reveals a missing trove of research Grandchester had compiled, preparation for a planned multipart exposé on a Rancho Linda real estate development firm long rumored to have questionable financial ties to the shadier countries of Eastern Europe.  Having himself been on the receiving end of just such an article, Vasily has no problem assuming the persistent Grandchester uncovered something the firm - and its enigmatic head - would prefer to keep from seeing daylight.  As Vas digs through a tangled web of finance deals and the dark money backing them, it becomes clear Grandchester was silenced before she could publish a single word.  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