Four people begin a journey. It will lead them to a deadly meeting on a country road beside an Iowa cornfield. Along the way, a mystery unravels through twists and turns that have you wondering who the "good guys and bad guys" are. The final encounter leaves no doubt that things are not always as they appear.

Whatever happened to Alice? She is back, working on her new life, trying to be like everyone else...normal. But normal for Alice is very different from most. Walking a fine line between the shadowy past and her years living outside of the law, friends, work, love...her life...are all tainted by her the hard years of her youth. Strong and resilient, Alice is in Las Vegas now, hoping and working for that new life. But then circumstances take her down old familiar paths and the little voice inside reminds her of what she truly is...a survivor.

Fleeing her encounter with an organized crime boss and his henchmen, Alice Trent is searching for that place...home. She may have found it in this paradise by the sea. She looks at the horizon and thinks her life could be like that, all of the pain and fears fading away into the blue water horizon.That is her great hope, and it seems that her wandering has come to an end. Then events require her to use her special skills once a . gain and force her to continue her journeys...alone. Make no mistake. Despite her stunning blue eyes, Alice is no frail shrinking violet. She is a woman in control of her destiny, in search of the one thing she has never known ... home.

Escaping her past, Alice Trent is searching for someplace off the grid where she has no history, and the future is hers to make. The community of Coldford, Nebraska welcomes her into their small corner of the world, and Coldford, her Nowhere Land, begins to feel like home. When events trap those she cares about, charging them with a murder they did not commit, Alice Trent is forced to take matters into her own hands. Along the way she is hunted down by the demons of her past, and the story takes a twist that will leave you stunned.

Caught between warring crime factions, Alice Trent is on the run again. Abducted by Vegas mobsters, she now finds herself caught up in their money-laundering scheme. They make her an offer she can’t refuse … accept their terms or end up in a hole in the desert. With luck and good investigative work Barent, a Las Vegas Metro PD detective manages to locate Alice. In the process, they find themselves caught in the crossfire between rival underworld factions. Fans of Law and Order, CSI, and House of Cards will love this gripping suspense thriller!

After the deadly battle in Fruits of Evil, The Journey Series Part 5, Alice Trent faces a dilemma. Take the four million in mob money and escape with John Barent or find a way to free her friend. She is not one to abandon a friend. The plan she devises is complex. There are too many ways it can fail and only one in which it succeeds completely. It is far from a perfect plan, but it's the option they have. Always daring, resourceful, clever, and confident, in Color of Death, blue-eyed Alice Trent faces her greatest battle and a fight for life, hers and the lives of those she loves. Joined by Las Vegas Metro PD detectives, Bigs Figueroa, Henry Tran, and Watson Hironaka, Alice and John face off against the king of Vegas money laundering, Martin Stengall, and his mob bosses.