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When Nikki Stern left suburban Melbourne for Europe in the early 1980s, little did she know that her life was about to change dramatically. Adopted into a well-connected family and educated at an exclusive school, she fell instantly and hopelessly in love with a charming and charismatic cartoonist in Amsterdam. Paul and Nikki embarked on a passionate love affair, enjoying the hedonistic days of the '80s before eloping and returning to Australia.

Five detectives across five states are dead, victims of an assailant known as the Judge. As the murderer cuts across the country, the FBI invites Sam to be a part of the investigation. Sam is a county cop with an unsettled past and an uncertain future. She’s also a talented investigator with a knack for catching serial killers. Her skill set makes her an asset to the Bureau. It also marks her as a target.

What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City. They’re all true crime fans. And they’re all dead, courtesy of a predator with a chilling approach to murder. Talbot County, Maryland police lieutenant Sam Tate is in the Big Apple to find answers about her own tragic past, when she is pulled onto the case of the Dry Ice Killer by an old friend with the NYPD. She finds herself attracted to a new colleague and questions her longtime relationship with her FBI boyfriend. This may be Sam's most dangerous case yet - if she survives.

When Arley Fitchett's body washes up onto Maryland's Eastern Shore, Lieutenant Sam Tate, just two months into her new job, is charged with finding out who murdered the popular guide and treasure hunter. Fitchett, she discovers, was hunting a rare carving he believed had been stolen by Chesapeake Bay pirates in 1718 and hidden nearby. No one knows if the story is true, but several locals seem to share Fitchett's interest in the wooden bird with the sapphire eye. Any one of them could be the next victim. One of them is definitely the killer.

A dead brunette dressed like a bride shows up in Pickett County, Tennessee, the latest victim of an elusive killer known as the Wedding Crasher. Sam Tate is Pickett County’s poker-playing, yoga-loving new sheriff, a woman with a troubled past and an uncertain future. Even as she tracks the predator, she wonders: Who can she trust? Why is she a target? Can she stop more people from dying on her watch? Get this audiobook and find out more.

Suzanne Foster wants to retire. Her boss wants her dead. After decades as the personal killer for criminal mastermind Victor Kemp, Suzanne finally quits. Not until five years later does Kemp discover how thoroughly she has deceived him.... Kemp, though severely injured, is rebuilding his empire and plotting revenge. He is prepared to risk everything to end the former assassin. The trouble is, he may not be the only one. Suzanne has no choice: To protect those she loves, she will be forced to kill again. Assassins, it seems, can never retire.