num_pages: 337
description: From the critically acclaimed author of Leave No Trace the nail-biting page-turner that grabs you early and never lets go (The Real Book Spy) comes a visceral thriller where a high stakes crime triggers a womans complicated and potentially deadly search for the truth.Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm shes unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence the most essential currency of accounting until her firm is hired by Strike. An anti-corporate feminist athletic empire Strike is owned by Logan Russo a brash and legendary kickboxer and her marketing genius husband Gregg Abbott. Theyre about to host a major kickboxing tournament with twenty million dollars in prize money and the chance for the champion to become the new face of the company. Gregg suspects his wife already has a new face in minda young trainer named Aaden for whom Logan feels an unexpected connection. Days before the tournament begins its discovered that the prize money is missing. Gregg hires Noras firm to find both the thief and the money but Nora has a secret connection to Strike that threatens her independence. Her partner pressures her into taking the case anyway hinting he has information about Strike that could change the course of the investigation in a shocking and deadly way. A tense and unpredictable thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page Strike Me Down reveals the remarkable power of Mindy Mejias writing which crosses back and forth between exquisite literary descriptions and thrilleresque escapes and acts of violence (New York Journal of Books).
language: English
title: Strike Me Down
publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books