The Darker Side

A lie, a long-ago affair, a dark desire--everyone has secrets they take to the grave. No one knew that better than FBI s... (more)

A lie, a long-ago affair, a dark desire--everyone has secrets they take to the grave. No one knew that better than FBI special agent Smoky Barrett. But what secret was a very private young woman keeping that led to her very public murder? And what kind of killer was so driven and so brazenly daring that he'd take her life on a commercial airliner thirty thousand feet in midair, a killer so accomplished that he'd leave only a small souvenir behind? These are the questions that bring Smoky and her hand-picked team of experienced manhunters from L.A. to the autumn chill of Washington, D.C., by order of the FBI director himself--and at the special request of a high-powered grieving D.C. mother. (less)