When PI Jorja Knight agrees to help her best friend, personal chef Gab Rizzo, cater a private dinner, she doesn’t expect the simple favour to spiral into a murder investigation. The victim? Carl Johnson, a respected executive of a company about to launch a groundbreaking weight-loss pill. With Gab’s name on the suspect list, Jorja vows to find the killer.

Delving into the seemingly perfect lives of the dinner guests, Jorja discovers a twisted trail of clandestine affairs, old grudges and lies. But when she discovers that the trial data for the new pill had been tampered with, she fears there’s much more at stake than Gab’s tarnished reputation.

With the launch date for the pill drawing nearer, Jorja digs deeper but nothing prepares her for what she finds lurking behind the walls of the rich and about to become famous. A secret plot is unfolding, one that promises to destroy more lives if exposed. Jorja vowed she’d never let fear stand in the way of doing what’s right but what if the whole truth comes at the expense of lives?

If you like smart protagonists, intriguing plots, and endearing characters, then you’ll love Knight Trials, the second book in Alice Bienia’s page-turning Jorja Knight mystery series.