​Some exes come back with flowers. Jessica Byrne’s brought a SWAT team, a murder charge, and enough drama to make her regret ever answering the door.

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When private eye Jessica Byrne’s ex, hotshot lawyer Jamie Brennan, shows up on her doorstep with the local police force on his heels, her quiet week goes straight out the window. Suddenly, she’s knee-deep in a homicide case involving a high-stakes poker game, phony gold cards, and a deck full of dicey small-town players who all seem to have a grudge.

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Her current boyfriend, Max—an ex-cop turned PI—isn’t thrilled that Jamie tracked his problems to Jessica's door, or that she’s trying to solve them. To complicate matters, Jessica's best friend and business partner, Sam, a self-proclaimed ghost hunter, is more interested in tracking down spirits than the actual killer. Hunting for shady card sharks is hard enough without Sam dragging Jessica into the dark corners of the town's dying mall to "measure spiritual energy" with an EMF meter. Instead of finding ghosts, they find a heavily armed criminal who is very much alive—and pointing a gun right at Jessica's face.

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With Max breathing down her neck and Sam hunting for phantoms at the crime scene, Jessica is running out of time. But she’s not ready to fold yet. With Jamie’s life on the line, she's about to take one last risky gamble that will either prove her ex's innocence... or make her the next spirit Sam tries to contact