Ingenious...sexy...carefully plotted.-The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the critically
acclaimed author of Leave No Trace the nail-biting page-turner that grabs you early and never
lets go (The Real Book Spy) comes a visceral thriller where a high stakes crime triggers a
woman's complicated and potentially deadly search for the truth.Nora Trier catches thieves. As
a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm she's unearthed millions in
every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence the most essential currency
of accounting until her firm is hired by Strike. An anti-corporate feminist athletic empire
Strike is owned by Logan Russo a brash and legendary kickboxer and her marketing genius
husband Gregg Abbott. They're about to host a major kickboxing tournament with twenty million
dollars in prize money and the chance for the champion to become the new face of the company.
Gregg suspects his wife already has a new face in mind-a young trainer named Aaden for whom
Logan feels an unexpected connection. Days before the tournament begins it's discovered that
the prize money is missing. Gregg hires Nora's firm to find both the thief and the money but
Nora has a secret connection to Strike that threatens her independence. Her partner pressures
her into taking the case anyway hinting he has information about Strike that could change the
course of the investigation in a shocking and deadly way. A tense and unpredictable thriller
that will keep you guessing until the very last page Strike Me Down reveals the remarkable
power of Mindy Mejia's writing which crosses back and forth between exquisite literary
descriptions and thrilleresque escapes and acts of violence (New York Journal of Books).
