A murder case drags a cop into a Cold War conspiracy in 1950s New York City in this thrilling mystery series debut. "Cassidy is a cross between Jack Reacher and Philip Marlowe, only tougher." —Stephen Coonts, New York Times–bestselling author of Saucer: Savage Planet Winner, 2016 Nero Wolfe Award for Best American Mystery Nominee, 2016 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel New York City, 1954. Police officer Michael Cassidy is plagued by dreams that sometimes come true. When a Broadway chorus dancer is found tortured and killed in an apartment in Hell's Kitchen, Cassidy is assigned to the case. As the murder count grows, other groups begin to take notice. Soon the FBI, the CIA, and the Mafia are involved. Cassidy learns that the dancer may have possessed compromising photographs of someone very important—photographs that would give the owner unparalleled leverage in the corridors of power. But the case isn't the only puzzle Cassidy faces. He's dreaming of his own murder . . . "With high-tension suspense, ingenious plotting, and characters you really care about, Night Life is an honest-to-God up-all-night, one-sitting read." —David Hagberg, New York Times–bestselling author of The Fourth Horseman "A heart-stopping bullet train of a novel with action and atmosphere to burn." —Douglas Preston, New York Times–bestselling author of The Kraken Project