Pillars of Society

New York City, 1980s. A city of power, politics... and people who vanish without a trace.

Detectives Kim and Gage Madden have handled their share of ugly cases, but nothing like this. When an informant calls with information about a string of disappearances-homeless men, drifters, and members of the city's gay community-the Maddens rush to meet him.

They arrive too late.

Their informant is executed before he can speak, and a gunman tries to silence the detectives next. Hours later, that same gunman is found dead-his body mutilated, most of his internal organs missing.

The trail leads to an unlikely pair at the center of New York's upstanding elite: the Winslow twins. Waldemar Winslow, a respected pharmacist with a spotless reputation. Wainright Winslow, a charismatic mayoral candidate-and a gay man suddenly placed under NYPD protection.

One brother may be a target. The other may be a monster.

As the Maddens dig deeper, the lines between victim and suspect begin to blur, exposing secrets powerful people will do anything to keep buried. In a city where reputation is everything, the detectives are about to discover how far the pillars of society will go to protect their own.

And how many bodies they'll leave behind.