Ruthless businesswoman, gifted programmer...devoted mother. To protect her son there are no rules, just his safety.
When a crooked business partner steals her codeHoudini and threatens her son, there's nothing Simone Johnson won't do to keep her boy safeincluding faking her own death. Desperate and out of moves, she calls her ex-husband to help. He'll come if for no other reason to meet the son he never knew he had.
He's known as "The Simple Man." He buys and sells what he wants. You never back out of the deal with him, and if you cross him, you die. He bought the Houdini code, but it hasn't been delivered to him yet. His money is gone, and his patience has just about run out. The only lead to the code is a little boy named David. He'll give them three days to deliver the code, or he'll show the world what happens when you cross "The Simple Man."
Simone will pit her wits against a man who has no face, knows no rules, and has no qualms about killing those in his way. She will do whatever it takes to keep him from hurting the one thing she can't lose.
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