Bad Company (A Piper Harris Mystery, Volume 7)

Piper Harris is supposed to live a quiet life in witness protection, but that plan falls apart when Ryker, a private investigator she's interested in, gets shot outside a flower shop before their first date. With Ryker hospitalized and fighting for his life, Piper is determined to find those responsible. Piper, her grandmother Gran, and their neighbor Edie investigate the shooting in Bitter End, infiltrating dive bars and questioning gang members as they search for leads. They discover the violence is far from over—the people who shot Ryker plan to return and finish what they started. Working with questionable allies and drawing on her own criminal background, Piper races to save Ryker while keeping her witness protection identity intact. She must navigate incompetent hit men, unexpected complications, and escalating chaos while relying on her knife, her attitude, and her grandmother's shooting skills to stop those behind the attack.