-Addresses important, timely issues: The CDC estimates that roughly 500,000 people in the US have died from opioid overdoses since the crisis began in 1999; the hundreds of thousands more who have been touched by the epidemic will be drawn to this fast-paced mystery about a whistleblower, a murdered Big Pharma exec, and the detective who helps uncover the dark truth behind the corporate greed that still spawns this opiate crisis.

-Crossing 2 popular genres:Stiletto combines a contemporary detective mystery with LGBTQ romance.

-Enormous sales potential:Empire of Pain and Dopesick, two nonfiction books that deal with the opioid crisis, have been bestsellers and have become major series on Hulu and PBS Frontline; there’s a huge audience for books that take on this subject.