Detective Lexie Rogers goes undercover as a drug dealer to infiltrate Sydney's deadliest criminal network ? but the deeper she goes, the harder it becomes to tell where the lies end and her real identity begins. Hunted by ruthless criminals and haunted by her violent past, Lexie must risk everything before her cover ? and her sanity ? are destroyed.

Detective Lexie Rogers has spent her career fighting Sydney's darkest crimes ? bikies, drugs, corruption and killers. But nothing has prepared her for her most dangerous assignment yet: going deep undercover inside a ruthless drug empire where one mistake will cost her life.

Reborn as seductive drug distributor Lara Wild, Lexie is thrust into a brutal underworld ruled by violent criminals, deadly secrets and shifting loyalties. Surrounded by predators and hunted by enemies she can't see, she quickly discovers the safest place for a cop with a target on her back is behind the mask of someone else.

But the deeper Lexie sinks into the role, the harder it becomes to separate truth from lies ? and herself from the woman she's pretending to be.

Because undercover, trust is fatal.

And the greatest danger may be the darkness Lexie carries within herself.

Hurt on duty, Karen Davis retired from the New South Wales Police Force as a Detective Senior Constable after twenty years of service. From front-line policing to investigations and undercover operations Karen really has seen it all. She lives in Sydney, and Sinister Intent is her first novel.

Thrilling new crime from Karen M. Davis

Detective Lexie Rogers is tough, smart and at the top of her game. She's seen it all, from bikies, blood and betrayal to drugs, deviants and deception ... and the violent knife attack that almost killed her as a young cop on the beat.

Lexie's sent on the job of a lifetime -- to go deep undercover, as beautiful Lara Wild, a drug distributor, to expose a huge dealing ring among Sydney's most treacherous criminals. What she discovers is that being undercover is the safest place to be, especially when you're a cop with target on your head, but one false move means she'll die. And creeping from the shadows is the darkness of her past, something she can never outrun.

Lexie knows she can't trust anyone -- but the trouble is, she's not even sure if she can trust herself.

Praise for Karen Davis

'Gripping and gritty' Daily Telegraph

'Twists and turns galore ... Davis's real-life cop experience leaps off the page.' ? Katherine Howell, author of Silent Fear

'Crisp, fast-paced crime.' ? The West Australian