In The Midnight Hour

In this new edition of In the Midnight Hour, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Peg Tyre contributes an exclusive foreword.

Former tabloid reporter Kate Murray is taking her first uneasy steps into the world of TV news, juggling the pressures of producing live feeds and proving she belongs on-camera. Career uncertainty looms large—but her ex-lover, Detective John Finn, is facing something far worse.

Kate and Finn cross paths again over two dead bodies in the street: a cop and an unarmed dealer, both casualties of a drug bust that spiraled out of control. When Finn realizes another officer is being framed for the killings—and that his own supervisor has ties to organized crime—he starts gathering evidence to expose a widening circle of corruption. But Finn is also battling his old demons: alcoholism, grief, and the unspoken feelings for Kate that have lingered through their two-year separation.

As the scandal deepens, Kate is drawn into Finn’s dangerous investigation. The closer they get to the truth, the more they risk losing their careers… and each other. Can they reconnect while the department crumbles around them? Or will trying to protect one another tear them apart once again?

In the end, Kate must make an impossible choice: seize the career opportunity she’s worked for—or give love one final chance.