Jill Tanner is hired by a ghost from the past: rocker Del Wren, former lead singer of 1990s Tempe band HardCopper, which was about to make the big time...until the ticket proceeds for their sold out concert at Sun Devil Stadium disappeared and Del was presumed to have perished in a fire at The Club, a hopping venue on Mill Avenue. 17-year old Kylie Silverfield, daughter of prominent Silverfield Homes CEO, was another victim of that fire-around the same time many of Silverfield's new unoccupied homes went up on flames. With only an official Death Certificate as ID, Del wants Jill to find his...

Betrayal...revenge...terror and treachery--with a doomsday chemical weapon up for grabs... Jill Tanner and new hubby--ex-underworld character Jack Zino-- learn the individuals behind the death of one of their wedding invitees are also behind the deaths of 50 high finance executives world-wide. Vowing to get justice, Jill and JZ find themselves racing against time and unseen forces in a fight for their reputations-- and their very lives-in trying to outwit the Young Lions, a group of uber patriots intent on their destruction and on wreaking havoc on a world-wide scale.

Jill Tanner teams with the Innocent Project in hopes of finding evidence for an appeal for Francine Weldman, sent to prison for allegedly killing a homeless man near a Salvation Army clothes donation bin. The case brings Jill face to face with PPD Det. Drew Spinker, the on-scene incident commander when Jill's late husband, Sgt. Ben Tanner, was killed in a bungled shoot-out. The more evidence Jill uncovers, the more it appears that Det. Spinker railroaded her client, and years ago may have lured Ben to his death. Spinker is about to retire with full pension and will do anything to ensure...

When Jill Tanner agrees to investigate the closed murder case of Wendy Holbrook, a young ASU student, little did she know the swirling chaos it would unfold-and that it may be her last case. Going on a mother's hunch-that her daughter's killer is still at large-Jill learns Wendy tried to get an injunction against someone...the Justice of the Peace didn't grant it, was voted out of office and moved to New Mexico-where he doesn't want to be found. Suspects include a career criminal, a Tucson Senator implicated by him, and two coyotes stopped by Border Patrol while Wendy was on an archeological...