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Back from Kathmandu and working together to find missing people, Leo and Allissa take the case. All they have to do is find a woman who’s supposed to be dead to free a man charged with murder. But, when the investigation leads to the backstreets and building sites of Hong Kong, things get more difficult than either had imagined.

Three gripping stories to transport you to the deadly backstreets of Kathmandu, the high-rise towers of Hong Kong, and the techno nightclubs of Berlin.

Kayla Stone wants answers. This time, she knows exactly who to ask. Kayla Stone and Father O’Shea have a turbulent, violent history. Yet she needs to confront him a final time. For once, Kayla knows exactly where he is. There’s only problem; he’s locked up in a maximum-security prison. O’Shea’s past is as gloomy as San Francisco’s infamous fog. But in a city rife with gangsters, Kayla isn’t the only person with justice on her mind and revenge in her sights.

When Leo’s girlfriend disappears on a Thai island, he throws himself into finding her. But two years on, he’s still got no idea where she is, has lost his job at a local newspaper, and is crippled by anxiety and panic attacks. Just as things seem to be at an all-time low, he gets an offer to go to Kathmandu to find a politician’s daughter. This could be the break Leo needs, but can he find someone who doesn’t want to be found in a city on the other side of the world?

Mourning the death of her mother, Andreja just wants to be left alone. When a strange journal of espionage and intrigue comes to light, along with an amendment to her mother’s will, peace is the last thing she’ll get. To avoid losing her inheritance, Andreja must reconnect with her estranged sister. One problem: Her sister went missing as a child nearly 50 years ago. Leo and Allissa travel to Riga to help, but they’re barely off the plane before Andreja’s nowhere to be seen.

From the grit and grime of Mumbai, to the glitz and glamour of Sydney, to the high rises, hammams and desert of Dubai, and finally, to the beautifully deadly suburbs of San Francisco, Kayla Stone finds herself on a whirlwind, round-the-world mission fighting for justice for innocent victims of international crime syndicates.

A serial killer stalks the streets. The city lives in fear. The winter of terror is here. Heading to New York for a much-needed holiday, Andy and Emma hope some quality time will put their relationship back on track. But, when Andy wrecks his car in the Lincoln Tunnel and then disappears, it’s clear the city that never sleeps has other plans.

When a prominent fashion designer falls beneath a train on Berlin’s U-Bahn, everything points to suicide. But his family aren’t convinced. They thought he was happy, successful, and had everything going for him. Then, there’s the answerphone message he left the night before he died. With the trail of the truth fraught with deception, difficult decisions, and their future more uncertain than ever, can Leo and Allissa find their target before someone beats them to it?

Leo’s looking for the perfect place to propose to the love of his life. When they arrive in the Thai tropical paradise of Koh Tao, he thinks he’s found it. But before he gets an answer, she’s nowhere to be seen. On searching the resort, his tranquillity turns to turmoil. Is it a practical joke? Has she run away? Or is it something much more sinister? Set two years before Luke Richardson’s international thriller series, this compulsive novella turns back the clock on an anxiety ridden man battling powerful forces in a foreign land.

In a bid to get away from the violence and trauma of the last few months, Kayla Stone returns to her hometown of Sydney. But she’s barely off the plane when the ghosts of her past fight back. When she stumbles upon an underground trafficking ring dealing in the sale of children, turning the other cheek is not an option. Kayla’s risked her life on shadowy streets before.

Life is cheap in the impenetrable shadows of Mumbai’s notorious underworld. Lives are bought and sold here. Fear is the ultimate currency. Kayla Stone expected India to be life-changing, but not like this. When a young child is snatched right in front of her eyes, Kayla decides it’s time to make a stand. It’s a decision she was born to make.

Kayla Stone heads to Dubai with one thing on her mind. Justice. But, when the glimmering Arabian lights refuse to part with their secrets, Kayla must cross into the city’s dark side. Attempting to bring down a global effort to kidnap and sell children, Kayla vows to stop the criminals in their tracks. This time the stakes are higher. This time even more lives are on the line. This time Kayla’s fighting in unfamiliar territory.