Mid-series, when Kate and Ruger are at full operational strength…
LAST DOG OUT – Book 4
Never leave a warrior behind.
Kate Holland has a new mission. As a special investigator for the governor’s office, she takes on Arkansas’ toughest cases—especially those involving veterans. At her side is Ruger, now her fully trained K-9 partner.
Their first case begins with a mutilated body and a stolen identity. The victim wasn’t who he claimed to be—and he was still actively serving his country when he died. As Kate digs deeper, other bodies surface…and the truth emerges: a warrior is missing.
Working the case puts Kate and Arash on dangerous ground—professionally and personally. The closer they get to the truth, the tighter the noose around them both. Kate will risk everything to bring the missing soldier home. The only question is, who will make it out alive?
Last Dog Out is a 2025 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist & Top Pick for Best Investigator.
The first case that pulls Kate back into the fight:
THE GARBAGE MAN – Book 1
What she can’t remember…just might kill her.
Kate Holland has spent years hiding from the world—and herself. Now a small-town cop, she’s thrust into a nightmare when the mutilated body of a fellow veteran is dumped on a backroad.
Four years earlier, Kate spent eleven hours as a POW. Her Silver Star citation says she killed eleven terrorists to survive. But she has no memory of it. And now, chilling clues at the crime scene connect directly to that forgotten day.
With Ruger’s instincts leading her through the darkness, Kate races to unearth the truth. But as the body count rises, she must face why she ran from the Army—before she becomes the killer’s next victim.
The Garbage Man is a 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Investigator.
When the case goes deeper—and more personal:
IN THE NAME OF – Book 2
He’ll do anything for his country…even murder.
Kate Holland finally remembers what happened during her eleven hours as a POW. She wishes she didn’t. With her PTSD raging, she’s ready to walk away from the badge—until another case drags her back.
The wife of a Muslim soldier is found stabbed and burned. Then another. And another. The brutal killings form a sinister pattern that pulls Kate and Ruger into a deadly hunt—this time alongside Detective Arash Moradi. Forced into partnership under fire, Kate and Arash learn that trust can be as dangerous as the killer they’re chasing.
But as Kate’s nightmares bleed into reality, even Ruger’s loyalty and Arash’s steady presence may not be enough to bring her home alive.
In the Name Of is a 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Investigator.
Where trust is earned—and the partnership becomes official:
BENEATH THE BONES – Book 3
Some secrets should stay buried.
After cracking back-to-back serial killer cases, Deputy Kate Holland is finally making headway with her PTSD. Ruger remains her anchor, a steady presence that keeps her moving forward. But when skeletal remains surface on a sandbar in the Arkansas River, her fragile progress shatters.
The bones belong to a soldier tied to a cold case once mishandled by the very cop who spent years undermining Kate’s career. The deeper she digs, the more connections she uncovers between the dead soldier, a family friend—and her own father.
With fresh bodies appearing and the investigation spiraling, Kate leans on Ruger’s instincts and Arash’s growing partnership. Together, they’ll face a conspiracy years in the making—one that could cost Braxton’s entire police force, including Kate herself.
Beneath the Bones is a 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Top Pick for Best Investigator.
When the cost of failure becomes impossible to ignore:
BLOOD ON THE WIRE – Book 5
Duty. Honor. Betrayal.
When a VA psychologist is brutally stabbed, Kate Holland is stunned—the man had clashed with her own shrink days earlier. But the shock deepens when she discovers stolen military-grade explosives hidden in his home.
The victim had been investigating a war crime overseas, and now the fallout is erupting in Arkansas. With Ruger at her side and Arash in the fight, Kate follows a trail of secrets and corpses toward a killer who won’t stop until innocent blood is spilled.
To stop him, Kate must risk everything—including the fragile trust she’s building with the two allies she can’t afford to lose.
The history behind the scars—and the strength that follows:
INVISIBLE WOUNDS – Series Prequel
Terrorists tried to kill her. It took a dog to save her.
Former US Army CID agent Kate Holland endured eleven horrific hours as a POW in Afghanistan—hours she doesn’t fully remember. Now medically retired, her badge and her confidence are gone. Back in her Arkansas hometown, Kate is ready to surrender to her demons and put her affairs in order.
But when a fellow vet loses his battle and Kate takes on his final request, she’s dragged into a stateside war she never saw coming. At the edge of that fight, she rescues a wounded German Shepherd pup. In Ruger’s loyalty, Kate finds something she thought she’d lost: a reason to keep going.
Invisible Wounds is a 2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Top Pick for Best Investigator.
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