When life is too perfect, things have to shatter. In Andrew Gross's first solo debut, THE BLUE ZONE, Kate Raab had it all. She had the ideal family, an inspiring career, and the man of her dreams. In one fretful phone call everything splintered. Kate's father, Benjamin Raab, had been arrested by the FBI for money laundering, tax evasion, and racketeering with the Columbian Mercado drug cartel. Kate's father was a gold merchant not a member of a drug mafia. She blamed her father's arrest on the fantasy of undercover agents and conspiring business partners looking to save their own hides. The truth, Kate thought, would come out, her father would be set free, and she could return back to having it all. As the family comes together to rally support for their father, a man quietly sweeps into their wealthy suburban neighborhood and unloads a machine gun into their home in order to wake them to the truth.

A line had been crossed. Kate knew she'd never have a chance to go back to her old life. The Witness Protection Program immediately forces the Raab family into a new life. Kate makes a hard choice to stay with the only man she has ever loved. Life seems to smooth out for the next year until disastrous things begin to happen that revolves around her family. Can Kate trust her father? Is someone trying to kill her? Will she ever return back to a normal life? As chaos reigns, Kate learns of a family vendetta that runs deeper than blood. Now, can she learn the rest of the truth before it kills her.

Andrew Gross, co-author of seven novels with James Patterson, has got plot twists and killer pacing that causes every page to flip. The buzz of FBI codes, Witness Protection jargon, and medical-speak feels well researched and authentic. In his three book deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morris, Gross is an author who delivers on mystery and thrills. I suggest that you grab a copy of THE BLUE ZONE because Gross is going to be big.