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Secrets locked away in cages can’t tell stories... After military veteran turned FBI agent Amelia Storm and her partner Zane bust a child porn ring run by one of Chicago’s premier mob families, two of the four men involved are dead—one by his own hand, the second by Amelia's. A third is in jail awaiting trial... if he lives that long. The fourth man caught on camera taking advantage of helpless children is still a mystery,...

Special Agents Stella Knox and Hagen Yates travel to Atlanta to uncover the truth about the man she trusted as a child and discover a shocking truth. When her "uncle" was killed, he took the secret of who murdered her father with him. Or did he? Before they can investigate further, they're called to Chapel Island, Tennessee, where three teenage girls have been murdered. All popular cheerleaders. All shot at close range with a rifle. All dead, with...

Knowledge is power peril... In a city as large as Chicago, the wicked never sleep. When an undocumented migrant teenager goes missing, military veteran and Special Agent Amelia Storm teams up with her partner to take down what could be the most shocking forced labor and sex trafficking ring her hometown has ever seen. The case reeks of mafia involvement, but even with an investigative reporter as an informant, there's little in the way of leads....

"It's been an eventful twenty-four hours for FBI Special Agent Stella Knox. She's saved her colleague from a murderer, rescued the same murderer, and watched the man who killed her father plummet to his death. Now, she's not only tormented with questions about her father's murder, but new worries about her colleague and friend, Special Agent Hagen Yates, are plaguing her too. What should she do? A new case is a welcome distraction, so when two bodies...

FBI Special Agent Stella Knox's search for her father's murderer is put on hold when three bodies are discovered seated in a wealthy Tennessee suburb. It's strange. The victims seem to be placed in front of a grand piano like an unwilling audience. Stranger still, the killer stopped to eat, taking the plates and silverware with them.

Some nightmares never end... When a confidential informant hands FBI Agent Amelia Storm the flash drive containing the information he gave her brother Trevor before he was killed, Amelia realizes she's holding a time bomb waiting to explode. Especially when its contents reveal the extent to which the senator on the FBI's radar has infiltrated Chicago's law enforcement system. But Amelia's investigation into her brother's murder is put on the...

Murderers never take a break, so when the body of a twenty-nine-year-old middle school gym teacher is discovered, Special Agents Amelia Storm and Zane Palmer are called in to help the Violent Crimes Division with one of their most puzzling cases to date. Because this isn't just a random crime...It’s far more bizarre. The latest victim is the fifth to be found dumped in a rural area south of Chicago. The victims have little in common, except...

Taking justice into your own hands can be deadly... After receiving a mysterious note from the man claiming to be her brother's confidential informant, Special Agent Amelia Storm decides to trust fellow agent Zane Palmer with the truth. But as Amelia tells Zane about her murdered brother's activities and her own ties to the mafia world, they're called into work. A federal judge, along with her husband and daughter, have been murdered execution-style....

Last chance or last rites? When the corpse of a drug dealer turned federal informant is fished out of Lake Michigan, Special Agent Amelia Storm knows it's more than just a drug deal gone bad. Not only is the body hideously mutilated and the blood drained, but a number has been carved into the victim's chest. And he isn't the only one. Is a hitman responsible for the gruesome murders, or could a larger organized crime enterprise be involved? Or is...

Which is more dangerous...Mother or Human Nature? Twelve hours earlier, Interim Sheriff Rebecca West was enjoying a casual lunchtime burger. Now she's preparing for a hurricane headed straight for Shadow Island. While hauling sandbags and calming town officials, the last thing she needs is a stunned man stumbling into the sheriff's department. Covered in blood. Clearly in shock, the man doesn't know who he is and only mutters about needing...