The Unraveling: A Legal Thriller (Binding)

She won the election. She lost herself. Now her mother rises from the dead with a warning: The Circle has voted to kill them both-and frame Elena for the murder. Congresswoman-elect Elena Vance has done the impossible. The disbarred lawyer who built a clandestine clinic for the powerless has taken down a corrupt opponent and claimed her seat. But victory tastes like ash. On the night of her celebration, a ghost reappears. Catherine Vance-dead for thirty-four years, mourned by a daughter who threw dirt on her empty casket-is alive. Hiding in a cheap hotel. Waiting to explain. The Circle, the shadow organization that has poisoned American justice for sixty years, has a kill list. Elena's name was on it until Catherine traded her own life to remove it. Within thirty days, Catherine will be murdered. The crime will be staged to look like Elena's doing. If Catherine dies, Elena's investigation dies with her. If Catherine lives, The Circle kills Elena instead. Elena has spent three years building a case against The Circle. Witnesses. Documents. A charter signed by her own grandmother.