Linda Lonsdorf Boeken

A client hires Investigator Doug Conrad to find his elderly mother's killer. It has been a difficult case for Conrad. A name on a Post-It seems to be his only lead. It leads nowhere until Eddie Flatt and Bobby Forwark walk into a ladies' Bible study to steal their purses. Experts at pulling scams on elderly widows, they enter Gospel Bible Church and meet their first challenge. Surprised and surrounded by SWAT, they now have fifty hostages. One is Donna Gifford's mother. Donna, a former SWAT agent and a detective for Conrad, disobeys Commander Bates, enters the church, but soon finds her life in jeopardy. Through fear and anxiety, one woman debilitates one of the hostage takers, but it instead creates a violent reaction. Meanwhile, the grandmother of Barnabus Johnson, another Conrad detective, dies. For over twenty years, she has held on to a secret that will be life-changing for him. On the first anniversary of her mother's murder, Taylor Conrad returns to the murder site while it is still dark. Believing she is alone, she instead sees a large man with a weapon. She now finds herself fighting for her life. Despite the dangers innocent people find themselves in, Lonsdorf once again captures the spirit of people to survive and find hope.

Karen Morino finds her fifteen year old daughter, Nikki, lying in their foyer dead. There are no signs of a struggle but all evidence points to murder. A neighbor saw Jared Davis leaving the Morino home near the time of the murder. Davis is nineteen years old, mentally challenged, with Down syndrome. Conrad Confidential is hired to investigate her murder. Until a forensic report comes back, the Akron Police Department hesitates to make an arrest. The neighbors are livid and fear for the safety of their children. Prejudice escalates and the Davises are victimized daily. Father Flannery, a priest in Atlanta, is shocked by an anonymous confessor to a girl's murder. However, he is sworn to secrecy by the Covenant of Confession.

Doug Conrad and his children are putting their lives together after the murder of Cynthia Conrad, their wife and mother. Judge Daniels sentenced Quinton Reed, Cynthia's murderer, to death. However, on his way to Death Row at Ohio State Penitentiary, Reed manages to escape through no plan of his own and leaves a wake of dead bodies alongside Interstate 76. Dr. Brandon White, a criminal psychologist, believes Reed plans to bring havoc to the Conrad family one last time. With advance notice, the Conrads have time to protect themselves. But, as usual, Reed is one step ahead and the Conrads' lives are in jeopardy. Meanwhile the Conrad murder case has catapulted Conrad Confidential to the point that Conrad and his partner, Mitch Neubauer, must hire more investigators. Newly hired are Barnabus Johnson, a former U.S. marine, and Donna Gifford, a widow and former SWAT team member from Charlottesville, VA. Together they solve the double murders of Bill and Ivy Chandler, killed execution style in their basement. Their investigation will take them where they don't want to go. They are heartbroken as they prove the killer. In the end, no one wins.