Böcker av Kiki Swinson

An explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom's high-end criminal past comes back to haunt her, endangering her children--and propelling her into a high-stakes game she remembers all too well . . . Gone without a trace . . .Once the most cunning luxury car thief in the game, Ava Frost gladly gave it all up to become the wife of a successful Norfolk, Virginia, businessman, and raise their two children in better circumstances than she ever knew. But when the children are abducted--and held for a two-million-dollar ransom--Ava is stunned to discover her husband's bad deals have drained their fortune. Determined, she pursues her best, and toughest, option: she asks her ex-boyfriend, the mastermind behind the South's biggest car theft ring, for the money. But nothing ever comes for free, and Nick has a small request . . . Racing against the clock . . .Soon Ava is targeting one-of-a-kind cars that must be stolen within impossibly short timeframes. The excitement of the hunt and Ava's vulnerability is reigniting dangerous heat between her and Nick--just as she's finding out her husband's betrayal runs deeper and more lethal than she ever expected . . . Running out of time . . .Now with one heist gone very wrong and the police closing in, Ava's down to her final chance to keep her bargain with Nick. But with hidden agendas and secret obsessions in play, will even her most skilled moves succeed in bringing her children home--or destroy everything she's fighting to save?

"Aware that danger is lurking around the corner, Kira surrounds herself with help, namely her fiancâe Dylan, but when he comes up against her father about a life-threatening issue, Kira must determine where her loyalty lies"--

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National bestselling author Kiki Swinson amps up the action and suspense with unpredictable characters, breakneck twists, and a gut-punch portrait of Southern surviving--and dying. Now the odds are straight-up killer when a private eye gets in way over her head...Too much to prove...A former journalist with a knack for unraveling dirty secrets, Khloé Mercer figures if she''s going to risk her life, she might as well make big money as a private investigator. But this reckless newbie needs a major case to make her name--and really show she can handle Norfolk, Virginia''s toughest streets...Too much to hide...When a narcotics detective''s widow needs someone to investigate her disgraced husband''s so-called suicide, Khloé jumps at the lucrative fee--and the clues that the Norfolk Police Department is rotten from top to bottom. And with formidable backup from her ex-felon uncle, she turns the city upside-down to uncover the truth...Too late to run...But Khloé''s cage-rattling tactics and high-wire strategies threaten both the cops and the city''s brutal underworld alike. Now, with her life in the crosshairs and no one she can trust, she''ll find that building a reputation comes with a price she may not survive to pay...