"One False Move"
Melanie Starks and her son, Charlie, have been running petty con jobs for as long as either can remember.
Now, just as Melanie is ready to pull out and settle down, her brother, Jared Barnett, reenters their lives with a ballsy plan for the ultimate heist. Recently released after serving five years of a life sentence for murder, Jared is frighteningly high on the feeling of invincibility that comes from getting away with murder.
Melanie and Charlie agree to Jared's plot to rob a local Nebraska bank, but during the holdup, everything goes terribly wrong and innocent people end up dead.
Suddenly Melanie, Charlie and Jared are on the run, and more lives are at stake--now that the threesome have nothing left to lose.
They have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
Her books have been published in twenty-six countries and have hit the bestseller lists in Australia, Germany, Poland, Italy and the UK.
She is also one of the featured writers in the anthology Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night, edited by James Patterson.
Alex writes full-time and lives in Omaha, Nebraska and Pensacola.
"Exposed"
FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell pursues a vengeful monster and his sadistic assistant who infect innocent people with the deadly Ebola virus in bestseller Kava's most terrifying psychological thriller to date.
While investigating a bomb threat in suburban Elk Grove, Va., Maggie and her boss, Assistant Director Cunningham, become exposed to the virus. The pair wind up in the Slammer, an isolation ward within the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Md.
On the outside, Maggie's partner, R.J. Tully, investigates other cases of exposure to the virus, including an entire Chicago hospital.
After Maggie's release, a clue Tully uncovers from his past sends him racing to save Maggie from the evil mastermind responsible for the viral threats.
Full of authentic details taken from similar real-life crimes, the smart, thrill-a-minute plot builds to a cliffhanger ending that will leave fans eager for the next installment.
"A Necessary Evil"
"A Necessary Evil"
When a monsignor is found knifed to death in a Nebraska airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O’Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder of a priest, the latest in a series of killings.
Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that’s popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With this first real lead in the investigation, she wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. Then Maggie gets a second lead—one that leaves her stunned.
For the past four years she has been obsessed with finding Father Michael Keller, whose brutal acts against children continue to haunt her. Now, it seems, he has become a target.
When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the ritual killings in exchange for protection, she decides to ally herself with the elusive child killer, stepping into a world of malevolence from which she may not return unscathed.
Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil…one that may be made in blood….
