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When I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client's life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I'm trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most. He's a single dad with a growly attitude, an ex-Marine, and he's the star witness against my client. But it turns out Detective Sean Holt and I do have something in common. This threat against us is personal, and the maniac behind it wants us both dead.

Firebrand John Pearce has been promoted to lieutenant and is in a position of command on board HMS Faron when he returns to Toulon from his successful mission in Corsica.

Rogue has secured America with an agreement from the Queen and now the US opens its arms to her. Working with Baxter and the Spectral Plane, Rogue heads to Washington to make connections with the U.S. Government, but is waylaid by a strange group called the Shadows. Are they for her or against her? Cultish and without regard for normal moral boundaries, new enemies blur the line between life and death and dabble in things they shouldn’t. As the case grows bigger, Rogue realizes there’s more at stake than the specters.

Nach einem traumatischen Einsatz im Nahen Osten kehrt Daniel Truce in seine Heimatstadt Edinburgh zurück, um dort als Ermittler in einer Spezialeinheit der Polizei zu arbeiten. Aber seine neue Chefin kann ihn nicht leiden und teilt ihm nur die Fälle zu, die sonst keiner haben will. So auch den Fall der "verrückten June": Jeden Morgen, pünktlich um 11 Uhr, erscheint June im Polizeirevier, um einen Mord zu melden, den sie beobachtet hat. Als sich jedoch herausstellt, dass der Ermordete noch am Leben ist, glaubt niemand der alten Frau. Truce beschäftigt sich näher mit dem Fall und stößt schon bald auf Ungereimtheiten.