Brigid Quinn, a former FBI agent, is enjoying a peaceful life in Tucson until her troubled niece arrives. As a series of mysterious deaths unfold, Brigid's past and present collide, forcing her to confront the darkness lurking in her own home.

"Idiosyncratic and engaging." —The Wall Street Journal

Winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel

Investigating the murder of a young girl with a disturbing sexual past, Inspector Ze Coelho overturns the dark soil of history and unearths old bones from Portugal's fascist past. 

“Gripping and beautifully written.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A great roller-coaster of a thriller...a masterful blend of suspense and police procedural, with a touch of history brilliantly added.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times-bestselling author

Chronically underemployed Japanese-American sleuth Rei Shimura has taken a freelance gig with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency that just might have ties to the CIA. Her mission, should she choose to accept it, is to go undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store. It's a risky assignment, but it also gives Rei a store discount that allows her to freely indulge her shopaholic tendencies.