Adam Walker Phillips is the author of two previous novels, The Silent Second and The Perpetual Summer. An executive at a global financial services company, he has endured countless PowerPoint decks, offsite visioning sessions, synergies, and synergistically minded cross-functional teams, all in service of telling the stories of Chuck Restic, an HR man–turned–moonlighting detective. Phillips lives in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles with his wife and children.