At first, the local TV reporter wasn't too worried about the pictures being anonymously mailed to her, pictures taken as she went about her daily life, even though she and her husband called in Saint Paul private investigator Charlie Rowe for a consultation. But after she disappears, Charlie must investigate, in a case that takes him from his native Twin Cities to Chicago and Virginia in search of the truth, a truth that will reveal a web of lies and corruption. Charlie will need all his skill and experience to survive.

I was born in London, England, and emigrated to the United States with my family when I was three years old. After graduation from a high school in East Suburban Minnesota, I went to college for a journalism degree. I have been in the U.S. Army National Guard or Army Reserve since 1990, during the course of which I deployed to Iraq in 2005 ? 2006. I have worked as a newspaper reporter, a medical biller, and a Paralegal for the U.S. military. I am also a civilian paralegal.