"Twenty years ago, Tracy Lawless traded the crime-ridden streets of the city for a life in the military, and it's a decision he's rarely regretted. But now he's walking out of the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq and back into the world he came from, to find out who killed his brother Rick, and why. But truth is one of the few things uglier than family history, and the only thing Tracy has in his favor as he unravels the rwisted strands of the criminal...

"Years ago, Jacob Kurtz was a happy family man, long-retired from the life of crime he was raised in. Then the police made him the prime suspect in a horrible crime and ripped his life apart. Now Jacob is less than a shadow of his former self, an insomniac who roams the city at night, looking for anything to distract him from his empty bed. Until he walks into the wrong place at the right time, and one bad night starts Jacob down a twisted path to...

"Riley Richards got it all. . . The hottest girl in school and a ticket to the big time. . . so why isn't he happy now? Why is he getting involved in gambling and drugs and shady characters in the city? Why can't he forget the life he left behind in small town Brookview? And why is he suddenly plotting murder?"--P. [4] of cover.