A Tree of Poison

A home invasion gone wrong? Or murder.

A home invasion takes the lives of the Miller family in the hills of the quiet Silicon Valley suburb of Monte Verde. Five years later and just half a mile away, a wealthy venture builder is killed in an almost identical crime.

Haunted by his failure to solve the Miller case, Detective James Ruiz and his partner Dani Grasso investigate the death of Derrick Winslow, a man who created tech startups and destroyed lives. Ruiz and Grasso follow a trail of clues that leads, shockingly, to a man Ruiz told himself he can never forgive.

Ruiz faces a hard choice: his duty to his job-or a tempting vengeance he can almost taste.