The Five-Year Loop (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798232546014)

In The Five-Year Loop, a life of quiet suburban monotony for city worker Clara Vance is shattered when she discovers the five-year anniversary of a hit-and-run death-the same death she witnessed and silenced five years prior-has been meticulously replicated in her own home. Convinced she's losing her mind or being targeted, she is drawn into a high-stakes conspiracy with Elias Vance, the meticulous, grieving father-in-law of the victim, David Miller.

Their pursuit of justice quickly escalates into a desperate flight for survival when they uncover a widespread conspiracy that reaches into local law enforcement and city government, led by Deputy Mayor William Kincaid and U.S. Attorney James Callahan. The duo exposes the corruption using Elias's network and a national journalist, forcing federal intervention.

However, their victory is short-lived. They learn their D.C. operation was compromised from the start by a double agent, Eva Rostova, and a brilliant strategist known as "The Editor" (Alexander). Exposed and on the run from their own government, Clara and Elias must use their wits to outplay their mirror-image adversary. They discover the true architect of the manipulation is Director K, a high-level intelligence official who used their quest for justice to settle an old score related to a classified 1970s black ops program, "Operation Chimera."

Clara and Elias dismantle K's network, bringing her to justice in a dramatic car chase in the Swiss Alps, only to discover a lingering threat: the untouched Aegis board members, the true masters of global corruption. In a final, daring operation, they expose the last board member, Julian Croft, in New York City.