Unmoved: A Lawson from Boston Thrillah'

UNMOVED (adjective) [uhn-moovd] A state of practiced calm. The ability to see danger, sort choices, and act without fear or passion. Lawson's rule is simple. The best way to avoid conflict—is to avoid conflict. For ten years, Lawson's life was predictable. The same Boston coffee shop. The same corner booth. The same clean line of sight to the door. Before that, Lawson worked for S.I.R.E.—a government black cell that kept no records of its agents. He was their best ghost operator, trained to read danger, make impossible decisions, and leave no trace behind. An apparition. Then the ghost went missing. He rebuilt a life with ordinary work, a small home, a loud little car, and no surprises. No attachments. No reasons to become the man he used to be. Then Alina Morley walked into his coffee shop with a problem and what should have started as a romance became a thriller. An architectural historian, Alina uncovered a ledger that exposes the Sterling Building's past—a Prohibition-era gentlemen's club built around blackmail, vice, hidden rooms, and torture chambers from which victims never emerged. Billionaire developer Robert Indericht wants that history buried—and the ledger is the only evidence capable of derailing his plans. He owns the permits, the lawyers, and enough of Boston's power to burn the city down. He wants the Sterling. He wants the ledger. And now he wants Alina. Now Lawson has a conflict. UNMOVED is a thriller about hidden rooms, old power, and two people who find each other in the worst possible week to fall in love. Perfect for readers of Attica Locke, Dennis Lehane, and David Baldacci. First in the Lawson from Boston series.