Author: ronaldsbarak

A new release that’s “tense, timely, and terrific” (Lee Child): At a writing conference, a serial killer is picking off attendees one by one. Can retired judge Cyrus Brooks and investigator Frank Lotello track down the murderer? “Fans of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None may appreciate this suspenseful homage” (Publishers Weekly).

When a local man is arrested for the murder of three Capitol Hill politicians, homicide detective Frank Lotello discovers a thread leading to the highest levels of government. He strikes an unlikely deal with trial court judge Cyrus Brooks — but can they expose the corruption without destroying themselves in the process?

As a Supreme Court justice weighs in on a momentous amendment to the Constitution, his granddaughter is kidnapped — and soon both the life of a child and the fate of the US government hang in the balance. “Should come with a warning: addictive reading ahead” (John Lescroart).