diane crowell

Crime scene clean-up expert Tommy Wilde is used to tidying up other people's messes, and he's damn good at it. But when it's his own hands that get dirty, the stains suddenly seem impossible to remove. It's like any other day for Tommy Wilde: Another crime scene to clean-up, blood stains to remove from carpeting, tissue to scrape out of wood flooring. Everything is absolutely normal...up until the moment he receives a frantic call from his brother.

Who is NYPD Detective Damien Drake? For starters, he’s an alcoholic with PTSD; a man who doesn’t play well with others and could care less about political correctness. But he’s also the one they call in when the most heinous crimes are committed by the city’s most sadistic murderers. He’s the one they bring in when there are no clues, no evidence, and the killer shows no remorse. He's the one enlisted to keep the streets of New York City safe. Just don’t get on his bad side because he’s also the one detective in New York that you don’t want as an enemy....

The world is changing - the government has seized control of almost everything and kids are disappearing. For 15 year-old Wisty and her older brother, Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secret compound for no reason they can comprehend, except that the new government is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.