Max, an unflappable crime scene cleaner working the graveyard shift, has seen all the ways criminals screw up. After twelve years of cleaning up their messes, she knows-theoretically-how to get away with murder. How to make someone vanish without a trace, in fact.





Wilder, a cheerful, charismatic drifter, needs cash and a fresh start. As the newest trainee in Max's skeleton crew, he shows a nose for the work and brings inquisitiveness and enthusiasm in spades. Although...something about his work history seems less than squeaky clean.





When a local woman goes missing and Max needs Wilder's help to tidy up a big mess from her past-one she's kept buried her whole life-he brings a surprising set of skills to the task. Anything for this odd and secretive girl he's falling for. After all, with pasts like theirs, what's a little more dirty work?





When Max needs Wilder's help to clean up the biggest mess from her childhood - one she's kept secret her whole life - he brings a surprising set of skills to the task. With a history like Wilder's, what's a little more dirty work?



Kate Posey lives in Canada with her family. Her debut novel, Serial Killer Games, was an OPRAH DAILY No 1 in Hottest New Romance Books of Summer 2025.