Things are seldom what they seem. Rory Calder, criminologist, lecturer, psychologist, and profiler from New Zealand, knows this better than most. Now, he must put his extensive experience to the test before obsession consumes him. He's struggling to find sense in the deaths of his estranged wife, Serena, and their three children. The deeper he digs, however, the murkier the waters become. Rory knows there is more to the story than he's being told, as surely as he knows that he may be the only one who can see through the confusion to find the horrible truth that eludes him. Was it murder?...

Things are seldom what they seem. Rory Calder, criminologist, lecturer, psychologist, and profiler from New Zealand, knows this better than most. Now, he must put his extensive experience to the test before obsession consumes him. He's struggling to find sense in the deaths of his estranged wife, Serena, and their three children. The deeper he digs, however, the murkier the waters become. Rory knows there is more to the story than he's being told, as surely as he knows that he may be the only one who can see through the confusion to find the horrible truth that eludes him. Was it murder?...

Just when he thought the worst was behind him, Cameron Walker is about to learn that life is about to get even more complicated and dangerous.

After the traumatic events of his last fateful assignment, listed in the intelligence files as the Backgammon Syndrome, he's now confronted with a new game - a deadly game - Snakes and Ladders

Is this just a game of chance, where the player's fate hangs on the roll of the dice, or is it much more insidious? The strategies used are far from apparent, and Walker must now determine how the game is to be played. The search for Zelie de Blanco and...

Just when he thought the worst was behind him, Cameron Walker is about to learn that life is about to get even more complicated and dangerous.

After the traumatic events of his last fateful assignment, listed in the intelligence files as the Backgammon Syndrome, he's now confronted with a new game - a deadly game - Snakes and Ladders

Is this just a game of chance, where the player's fate hangs on the roll of the dice, or is it much more insidious? The strategies used are far from apparent, and Walker must now determine how the game is to be played. The search for Zelie de Blanco and...