Detective Cameron Rose is assigned to a missing persons case, during which they meet the exiled royal Trystan Thorne.
Tropes:
- Decoy Protagonist: The book opens with Sonja Dormer being briefly playable, at least until she's drugged by the killer.
- Naked First Impression: When Cameron goes to search Trystan's apartment, they meet each other just as Trystan is coming out of the shower.
- Shout-Out: If Trystan is female, Luke describes her as "half Angelina Jolie, half Black Widow, with a dash of Kamilah Sayeed." If male, the description is "half Bruce Wayne, half Loki, with a dash of Christian Grey".
- You Are Too Late: The chapter end with Cameron and Trystan arriving on the scene of the crime to find that poor Sonja has already been murdered.
