First One In: A Gripping Miami Crime Thriller

By Mike Paisley

She kills at the happiest moment of their lives. And every death is ruled an accident.

A groom drowns in a rooftop pool the night after his wedding. A bride collapses in an airport lounge on her way to her honeymoon. The rulings come back the same every time: tragic. Accidental. Case closed.

Sergeant Nica Duarte - the first woman ever to run Miami-Dade's night homicide unit - sees what no one else will: a wedding ring moved to the wrong hand. A single grain of rice left at every scene. A pattern eleven years deep, hiding in plain sight inside the system itself.

Nobody believes her. Not her lieutenant, not the task force chasing a killer-for-hire who doesn't exist. So Nica goes to war with a medical examiner, a federal prosecutor, and a true-crime podcaster at her back - and a hurricane bearing down on the coast.

Because the killer has started leaving messages. And they're addressed to Nica.

You've been first one in since the beginning, Sergeant. Time to submit the final report.

Perfect for readers of James Patterson's Women's Murder Club, Karin Slaughter, and Tess Gerritsen - First One Inlaunches a pulse-pounding new series featuring detective Nica Duarte: short chapters, relentless hooks, and a Miami you can taste.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8M6831K
• ISBN13: 9798187003693
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"