Someone is killing federal judges. Eleven deaths in eleven months, some of the murders have been set up to look like accidents or illnesses, while others are clearly the work of skilled assassins. The November victim died so horrifically that even veteran law enforcement officials are stunned. Fearing that the next victim will be Judge Irene Hannah, friend and mentor of Mary Crow, the FBI enlists Mary's aid in protecting this distinguished jurist. As...

Ex-prosecutor Mary Crow didn't expect a hero's welcome when she returned home to Pisgah County, North Carolina. But what she did expect was the job she'd been promised in the DA's office. Instead, she found she'd worn out her welcome before she even arrived and that she has more than a few enemies among the supporters of the corrupt sheriff she'd caught sidelining in murder years before. The new sheriff was one of Mary's childhood schoolmates, timid...

"Mary Crow's new job as western North Carolina's special legal counsel leads her to a string of possible homophobic hate crimes tied to an extreme preacher as well as a boy searching for his missing sister" --