A new FBI agent hunts a ghost who sells people online.
Who drives the story
Forensic psychiatrist, former D.C. homicide detective, and brand-new FBI agent pulled out of Quantico training for his first case. He wants to break the trafficking ring and keep his family intact, and he ends the book the only person who knows the arrest was a decoy.
A Russian mobster with no confirmed face or name who kidnaps people and sells them into sexual slavery through an encrypted website. He stays one step ahead, kills suspects through a mole, and is still free on the last page.
Cross's FBI partner, a tough, experienced investigator who briefs him on the Wolf's network. She grows closer to Cross over the case, though he keeps his focus on the job and his family.
The trafficking ring's logistics handler, arrested in a warehouse takedown the FBI believes is the Wolf himself. He insists he is just a middleman, and the ending proves him right.
A Russian government liaison who joins the task force in New York with intel on the Wolf's possible ties to old KGB networks.
How they are connected
Cross's FBI partner, a tough, experienced investigator who briefs him on the Wolf's network.
Cross's FBI partner, a tough, experienced investigator who briefs him on the Wolf's network.
The trafficking ring's logistics handler, arrested in a warehouse takedown the FBI believes is the Wolf himself.
A Russian government liaison who joins the task force in New York with intel on the Wolf's possible ties to old KGB networks.
Go deeper
Modern slavery · Crime that outruns the cops · The man split between two worlds · The trap of the clean win
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