Following the murder of his wife, young Rick Lane, a highly decorated Marine Corps officer and member of the Homeland Security team, is called to Washington by the President. America is being threatened, world stability is in doubt, and the culprits responsible must be stopped. In The Russian Connection, Ken Fain's gritty and fast-paced novel of intrigue and romance, the stakes are high and the challenge seemingly impossible. When Lane is joined by an old friend, seductive film star Lindsey Owens, he's uncertain about her involvement. But her knowledge of the inner workings of the CIA and...

Alexandra Cassidy, affectionately known as Cass, grew up on Chicago's South Side amongst drugs, drive-by shootings, gang violence, rapes and murders. So when she became a homicide detective, the cases she was assigned never surprised her. As Cass looks down at 13-year-old Latoya's dead body on the sidewalk after she was shot in the head, she realized that while 20 years had passed since she was a teenager on these streets, nothing had changed. To complete the investigation, Cass must work with newspaper reporter Matt Ellis, who comes from money and a world that she has never known. Matt's...