Bøger af Colin T Nelson

Minneapolis prosecutor, Zehra Henning, gets a new murder case with strange aspects to it that she's never encountered before. While preparing for trial, Zehra discovers the defendant is part of an international terrorist group. She faces political pressure to get a fast conviction, demands by local protest groups for justice, and the possibility of a nuclear nightmare if she doesn't succeed. The action moves from gangsters in Mexico to Canadian boundary waters and into Minnesota. Zehra struggles to solve the mystery while she becomes the target of the terrorists. Now, Zehra must fight for her life.

A series of fatal fires threatens Minneapolis. Fire investigators and law enforcement race to apprehend the serial arsonist. Facing political pressure and public hysteria, the chief prosecutor charges a suspect with arson and murder. But the trial prosecutor, Zehra Henning, questions the rush to judgement. Her crises of conscience propels her into action and into danger. Zehra works with the arson specialists to solve the mystery, but more fires continue to break out. Zehra discovers a plot to destroy an iconic landmark in Minneapolis. But before she can convict the defendant, Zehra becomes the target of the criminals. She fights to win her case and save her life.

The first in the Pete Chandler series---mysteries and suspense set in exotic locations. Myanmar (Burma), ruled by a corrupt military junta since 1962, and embroiled in one of the longest-running civil wars in history, finally opens its borders for limited business and tourism in 2011. The US Export/Import Bank, anxious to leverage trade agreements into democratic reforms, tasks an American finance expert to open doors there. She vanishes without a trace. Investigator, Pete Chandler, dispatched by her panicked congressman father, is on a mission to find her and bring her home. Chandler travels up the Irrawaddy River and charges into the heart of darkness of corrupt government, dictatorial generals, criminal networks---and the fight of his life.