After the Killings

Penelope Huber is formidable and the women's only hope.

Divorced for many years and focused on her career, Penelope is now retired as a detective from the Raleigh Police Department. She channels her relentless energy into marathon training as she prepares for her first triathlon. She's never been good at sitting still.

She's also not good at letting go. Even though she knows it belongs to the department, she keeps working on the cold case-the Parking Lot Strangler case. On her own time, she spends hours studying the evidence. The dead women deserved better than to be forgotten, and all along, she's been determined to be their voice, their advocate. She can't give up on them.

To some, it's dedication. To others, obsession. To Penelope? It's just who she is.

Now, Tracey Lauch is returning to Raleigh one last time.

He has it all-Charlotte, his beautiful wife who adores him, and baby Sarah, recently christened, surrounded by those who love her. Finally, it's time to sell his Raleigh house and hand off his philanthropic endeavors before their permanent move to Sicily. A meticulously constructed life where he believes his past is buried deep enough to stay hidden.

But when Penelope is invited to Tracey's house, everything changes. A connection surfaces that redefines her entire investigation.

Unexpected evidence. A killer's day of reckoning. And betrayal that cuts deep.

For readers who live for the moment it all shatters-and stories where the truth leaves no one unscathed.