The End

Almost a year after her husband dies, Ellie Marston opens the file for Tab's last manuscript, a thriller so compelling it reads like a true story. His manuscript needs an ending, so Ellie writes the obvious conclusion. The same morning she types The End, her career as an assistant district attorney falls apart. Accused of throwing the high profile Patterson case, she resigns in disgrace.
 
The only friend Ellie has left in the criminal justice system is Det. Paul Santiago, a man she has worked closely with on numerous cases. While she was married to Tab, she squashed her growing feelings for Paul, determined to make her deteriorating marriage work, but circumstances after Tab's death draw Ellie and Paul closer.
 
Together Paul and Ellie attempt to uncover a conspiracy  in the District Attorney's office, the set up that forced her to resign. The key to the mystery is hidden in the pages of Tab's manuscript. Paul and Ellie come to the correct conclusion--Tab's manuscript is a true story and Ellie's added ending is the only logical outcome. Danger swirls around them as they step further and further into the conspirator's trap.