“Stevens’s blazingly brilliant debut introduces a great new action heroine, Vanessa Michael Munroe, who doesn’t have to kick over a hornet’s nest to get attention, though her feral, take-no-prisoners attitude reflects the fire of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander….Thriller fans will eagerly await the sequel to this high-octane page-turner.” — Publishers Weekly , starred, boxed review

Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect of the jungle's most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for years until something sent her running. After almost a decade building a new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she's never looked back.

Until now.

A Texas oil billionaire has hired her to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago. It’s not her usual line of work, but she can’t resist the challenge. Pulled deep into the mystery of the missing girl, Munroe finds herself back in the lands of her childhood, betrayed, cut off from civilization, and left for dead. If she has any hope of escaping the jungle and the demons that drive her, she must come face-to-face with the past that she’s tried for so long to forget.

Gripping, ingenious, and impeccably paced, The Informationist marks the arrival or a thrilling new talent.

泰勒·史蒂文斯是纽约时报畅销书作家，她自小在传教士家庭长大，一生经历颇具传奇性，2011年以来，她以自己的经历为蓝本，塑造了以迈克尔·芒罗为主角的“信息侦探”系列悬疑小说，该系列小说一经发表，就获得美国众多知名媒体和出版人以及作家们的一致好评，被称为最具勇气的和时代精神的作品，其本人也被赞誉为横空出世的天才。她大部分时间都在世界各地旅行，现在和她的两个女儿生活在一起，定居德克萨斯州达拉斯市。