Queenpin Chronicles

Eighteen-year-old Thelma Miles thought joining a war bond tour would be her ticket to freedom-until she discovered the whole operation was a mafia front. St. Petersburg, 1944. Thelma's ruthless boss Kathleen Young is willing to throw her into Florida's deadliest crime syndicates to climb the social ladder. But when Kathleen gets caught in the crossfire, the two women form an uneasy alliance and hit the road. Haunted by flickering premonitions she can't control, Thelma must navigate brutal power plays and tangled loyalties lurking behind wartime glamor. Can these dangerous women survive the tour and prove that sisterhood might be their deadliest weapon? Book One of The Queenpin Chronicles-a gritty historical thriller series perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Gillian Flynn.

Las Vegas, 1945. To avenge her husband's death, Thelma Miles must tear down a mafia empire from the inside. She assembles an unlikely crew: Kathleen Young, a shrewd businesswoman with deadly secrets; Lillian Montgomery, a Hollywood starlet who's more than she appears; and Imogene Fuchs, a relentless reporter crusading to root out corruption. As federal agents circle, rival gangs plot, and her father's empire grows more powerful by the day, Thelma masterminds an elaborate con. From smoke-filled backrooms to glittering casino floors, she must decide how far she'll go to settle scores-and whether family loyalty is worth the ultimate price. In postwar Vegas, the women who know the mob's secrets are ready to turn the tables. Book Two of The Queenpin Chronicles-can be read as a standalone.

Four decades of secrets. One daughter's search for truth. The explosive final chapter of The Queenpin Chronicles. When Sam begins digging into her mother's mysterious past, she uncovers a web of revolution, trafficking, and buried family legacies that spans from Cold War Havana to the present. She finds herself entangled with Thelma Miles-a woman with a shadowy present and tumultuous history-and Kathleen Young, the puppet master holding the key to long-buried secrets. Old friends reunited by circumstances they never imagined must face the far-reaching consequences of choices made in the heat of revolution. In this gripping dual-timeline finale, the past refuses to stay buried, and every answer Sam finds puts her in greater danger. Book Three of The Queenpin Chronicles.