Publisher's Synopsis
The River Front: Introduces Alex as Cincinnati's first Black female detective.
The Girl on the Grill: Deals with the murder of a young woman by a local drug distributor.
Missing: Alex solves a fifteen year old abduction cold case
Maggot: Alex's work with the DEA has a Mexican Drug cartel boss attacking her.
Racist: Alex is targeted to be killed by a racist.
Votive Candles: A local priest gives Alex a new perspective of crime.
Country Road: An organization that is killing young women is eliminated by Alex and team.
Pool of Blood: On vacation Alex gets involved in a case involving a serial killer.
Sins of the Daughter: A demented person kills individuals and buries them along the Canadian Border.
These are the cases that Cincinnati's first black female detective, Alex Evercrest, with her dedicated team solve.
Her unwavering belief that she should, "treat others the way she wishes to be treated," allows her to be advocated by those around her.
Missing
It was 1997 when Annie went out to play with a neighbor. Not long after the neighbor called her house to ask when Annie was coming over. Annie's mother immediately and in a panic went out and looked for Annie.
She was never found.
Now more than fifteen years later two persons bring the case to the forefront.
The cold case is brought up to Alex by Johnnie, her faithful researcher and confidant. The case caught his eye and he had done some research that seemed to lead to a potential solution.
Alex Evercrest, listens to the story being told by the woman named Martha Melville a Cincinnati Public Library librarian.
Immediately Alex remembers the cold case that Johnnie had put on her desk.
The story that Martha shares is similar to the details in the report prepared by Johnnie. It intrigues Alex and makes her wonder if Martha is sharing what happened to Annie.
Alex follows one dead end path after another in her quest to find out what happened to Annie. When her car is bombed, she knows that she must be on the right path.
She follows her clues to a secluded mountain cabin. What she discovers shocks her to her core.
After more than a decade as a chained prisoner, Annie returns to society.
Annie is now a mother of two girls. She is embraced by her family and begins her readjustment into normal society.
But her problems are not over and now Alex becomes the focus for revenge for having killed the abductor.
