In this new thriller from the author of critically acclaimed The Yards, a cop tracks the kidnapped teenage daughter of a wealthy developer in a American Rust Belt town.A new Nissan plant is coming to the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, and Captain Delia Mariola has been busy cleaning up the crime-addled city ever since the deal was announced. But when Elizabeth, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the lead bidder on the construction project, suddenly disa...

Martha – a home-makerVictoria – a social butterflySerena – a free spiritKirk – a hot-blooded manEleni – a risk takerTina – a young girl with a dark pastCarolyn Grand is all of these people and none of them. Thirty years ago, her father, Hank, was jailed for child abuse, but not before Carolyn developed six distinct personalities as a coping mechan...

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE 2024 FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALIn the crooked streets of the boomtown, the rule of law is powerless...Police captain Delia Mariola is struggling to drive predatory drug dealers from the American rust belt town of Baxter, before the owners of the new Nissan plant lose faith in the project.It doesn't help that the influx of male workers for the plant has also meant an influx of criminals. In the workers' settlemen...

A new Nissan plant is coming to the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, and Captain Delia Merola has been busy cleaning up the crime-addled city ever since the deal was announced. But when the 15-year-old daughter of the lead bidder on the construction project—a wealthy out-of-towner—suddenly disappears, and it becomes clear that a professional kidnapping ring may be responsible, Delia realizes that the factory’s influx of cash could bring with it an entirely new sort of danger, never befo...

A chilling psychological thriller with a unique cast of characters, this is sure to have you hooked to the very last page.Meet the Grands: Martha – a home-maker, Victoria – a social butterfly, Serena – a free spirit, Kirk – a hot-blooded man, Eleni – a risk taker and Tina – a young girl with a dark past. They'd get along fine, if they didn't share a body. Carolyn Grand's traumatic childhood led to her developing six distinct personalities. The man responsible was convicted of child...

Bridget O'Rourke just wanted to blow off some steam. She never expected to be accused of murder.The rundown town of Baxter doesn't have a lot going for it, but there's always somewhere for single mother Bridget O'Rourke to cut loose and forget about her life. All she wanted was to put aside worried thoughts of her daughter, Charlie, and find a handsome stranger to spend the night with.She never expected to be accused of murder.Now Bridget is in deep...

Johnny-Boy is a killer. He lives for the thrill of the hunt, the stalking of human prey. Fittingly, he works as a hitman but always finds time for extracurricular activity on the side. When a new assignment sends him to Baxter, a depressed Rust Belt town experiencing a chaotic upheaval at the dawn of a new economic beginning, Johnny-Boy plans to keep things professional. But when he realizes that the streets are awash with drug activity, small-time mobsters, and loads of transitory laborer...

Git O'Rourke is from the wrong side of the tracks—even if, in the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, it's not always clear where that designation begins. A single mother, she works hard to support her daughter Charlie, but still finds time to cut loose every once in a while, to go to a local bar, drink martinis, and find a companion for the night. Which is exactly how she ends up in a hotel room with a strange man passed out on heroin, and how she comes to possess the bag of money and gun...