Detective Lexie Rogers thought surviving a brutal knife attack was the hardest thing she'd ever face ? until a raid on a Sydney bikie clubhouse drags her into a deadly web of loyalty, corruption and murder. Now trapped between the law and the outlaw who could save her, Lexie must uncover the truth before her secrets get her killed.

After eight years policing Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, Lexie Rogers has seen the darkest side of humanity. Surviving a brutal knife attack should have ended her career ? instead, it's made her tougher. Now transferred to the Bondi Junction detectives, Lexie is determined to leave the past behind and prove herself all over again.

But her fresh start shatters during a raid on a bikie clubhouse tied to one of Sydney's most dangerous gangs. What begins as a routine search warrant quickly spirals into a deadly investigation where loyalty is absolute, betrayal is fatal, and nobody can be trusted.

As bodies pile up and the pressure mounts, Lexie forms a dangerous alliance with a bikie desperate to protect his family. Drawn deeper into a violent underworld, she soon realises she's no longer just investigating the case ? she's become part of it.

Because Lexie knows too much.

And when the line between cop and criminal begins to blur, the one man she should fear may be the only one who can keep her alive.

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.

There is no pain as the blade slices her skin. She is only conscious of a warm, sticky sensation dribbling slowly down her neck.

Her own blood . . .

For eight years Lexie Rogers has been a uniform cop in Sydney's red light district, Kings Cross. Having survived a violent knife attack, she's witnessed far more than most cops her age. Now she's back at work as the newest member of the Bondi Junction detectives' office and ready to start again.

One of her first jobs is to execute a search warrant at a bikie clubhouse, belonging to one of the two local gangs in the eastern suburbs. What she uncovers begins a chilling investigation into a vicious world where loyalty is deadly and unwavering and can't be bought . . . Or can it?

Lexie forms an unlikely alliance with one of the bikies, who's realised his family's in danger. But what neither of them knows is that Lexie is the one who's in too deep. She knows too much. And as the stakes get personal, it seems the secret bond she has with a big bad bikie could be the one thing that'll save her life. .

'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