Blood Flows South

Detective Connie Giannelli's life has been torn apart several times. First when her mother died and then years later when she found out her Uncle Dominic was in the mob. Her life is about to be shredded again, and this time it could destroy her. Connie's love of family and her badge are both threatened when an undercover drug bust leaves two cops dead and the drugs missing. Internal Affairs is looking for any excuse to take her badge, but she's not worried about them finding the missing drugs-her secrets could prove to be far worse. Now Connie's racing against the clock to figure out who killed her partners and took the drugs-dirty cops or Uncle Dominic's friends. And she has to do it before IA pins the whole damn thing on her.

Dominic Mangini wanted what all 8-year-old boys want-time to laugh and play, loving parents, and enough food on the table. But in war-ravaged Sicily, food was scarce, and his parents were as scarred as the land. His father said they must move to America so they could start over and be a family once again. Dominic got a new start, and he got a new family-but not the kind of family he expected.

Detective Connie Gianelli is a broken woman, and she doesn't have the will to start again. While recovering in Brooklyn, she gets a call from her old partner about a new case in Texas. Combined with the pressure from her uncle, it's enough to convince her to pack up and leave. But what seems like an easy case, turns out to be the worst killing spree Houston has ever seen. On top of that, her nemesis, Carlos Cortes, is waiting to kill her. But first he plans to destroy everything she loves, and tear her family apart.

George Denton was a good kid, young, enthusiastic and full of life. All he wanted was a mother who loved him and treated him right; instead, he got Holly. Holly was a waitress at an all-night diner. To save money, she used to take George to work with her, which is where he earned the name Tip. The things Holly did ended up getting her in trouble. It was bad enough for Tip growing up with a no-good mom; now he had to grow up with none at all, and he had a lifelong mystery to solve as well.