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Kate's Case Files
Series · 8 books · 2015-2025

Books in series

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#1

Kate's Innocence

2015

What would you do if you were accused of a crime you didn’t commit? Kate watched as her campus was torn apart by bombs and now is being accused of perpetrating the crime. As the evidence quickly stacks up against her, she begins to lose hope that the truth will come to light. Even though the handsome FBI Agent, Patrick, has taken up her cause, will they be able to prove her innocence? Will God, who she neglected for so long, listen to her prayers for help? Patrick is an agent with a very special team of agents. He wants to help Kate prove she is innocent, but as each new piece of evidence is revealed, that goal seems harder. He wonders why he feels so compelled to help her and so sure she is innocent despite the evidence. Will he be willing to put his job on the line to help her? Can he trust in God to make sure the truth will come out in the end?
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#2

Kate's Capitol

2016

Do the small compromises we make daily really hurt anyone or matter to God? Kate’s first case as an FBI agent is nothing like she expected. Posing as an intern at the Texas Capitol, she finds herself spending more time behind the computer than she does figuring out the case. Is Representative Jason Ashbury guilty of a third degree felony or is one of his staff to blame? And how is she supposed to handle the effect Patrick has on her? Patrick was looking forward to guiding Kate through her first case, instead he was assigned to Ashbruy’s home office in Tyler. He cannot figure out either the case or his relationship to Kate. Are Ashbury’s dedicated employees covering for him, or the instigators? Will Kate ever let him be her friend, or will she continue to push him away?
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#3

Kate's Dilemma

2018

Kate can’t stay with the team any longer. She has worked for too long to keep the walls around her heart and around her past to allow the team to tear them down now. She doesn’t think they can handle what is behind them; she’s not sure she can. Heading to Charleston with the team on one last case, she and Brian go undercover as brother and sister to find out if a young musician is profiting from illegal activity. Patrick is going undercover as a summer student at the University of Charleston. He tries to befriend the sister of a suspected drug runner, but nothing is coming easily. The sister won’t trust him, leads keep drying up, and tension in the team is building. When things begin to fall apart, Patrick is convinced that he can fix things, but can he?
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#4

Kate's Conundrum

2018

When the seventeen-year-old Samantha Hardgrave disappears, Kate is sent to take her place at the college to follow up on leads. What she finds is a girl more complicated than most people thought with plenty of her own secrets. Samantha’s parents painted a picture of an upstanding girl who never hides anything, but that isn’t what Kate hears from Samantha’s roommate. Who is telling the truth? Patrick doesn’t even feel like they should be on the Hardgrave case. It is clear to everyone except her family what happened: she ran off with a visiting professor. Yet, as he learns more about her from her friends and family, he begins to doubt. Would Samantha have done something like that? And how come Kate is getting such a different picture of who Samantha was?
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#5

Kate's Christmas

2019

Can they save Christmas for a town? Kate and the team couldn’t be spending the holiday season in a more picturesque town. They are in Franklin, Tennessee to find the person setting off bombs at random. Or could it be that the explosions aren't as random as it appears? Can the team stop the bomber in time for Franklin’s big holiday festival? Kate herself is having a hard time dealing with the fact she can’t go home for Christmas... or can she? Patrick is finding this case difficult. Promising leads just end up leading into dead ends, and Brian is getting on his nerves. On top of his own problems, Kate asks for his help to get home for Christmas, and it isn’t going to be easy. Can they solve the crime in time for everyone to have a merry Christmas?
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#6

Kate's Informant

2022

Kate and the team head to Maine to assess the possibility of a terrorist cell operating near a college campus. She has to help decide whom to trust, who’s a danger, and who’s just spouting empty threats. Of course, things are never as easy as they look, including the battles she’s facing in her own heart. Struggling to untangle the threads of this case, Patrick finds his personal feelings clouding his judgment. With the stakes so high, he can’t get it wrong. But when the case takes a sudden turn, he knows he and the team will never be the same.
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#7

Kate's Hope

2023

Can they find hope in the midst of darkness? Kate, to keep her and others safe, is in protective custody and she doesn’t even know where. With no contact from those she cares about, questions threaten to overwhelm her. How is she supposed to trust God and have hope for the future when everything is uncertain? Patrick is reeling from the loss his friend and the fact Kate might never return. One phone call sends Thomas and him scrambling to track down a vengeful former boss, bent on putting hundreds of lives in jeopardy. He’s in a race not only against the clock, but against the recent memories that have made him feel like a failure.
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#8

Kate's Truth

2025

Can they solve a cold case? Kate is grateful to be back home with the team. She knows it’s time to tell her friends about some of her past she’s kept hidden. How will they react? Will Patrick think less of her? And can she stay focused on a case that keeps leading them to dead ends? Patrick knows it’s time to take a big step in life, but fears it as well. On top of working a case that is frustrating, it’s obvious Kim and Thomas know something they’re not sharing, but what is it? Every team member needs to find truths to hold on to as the future looks uncertain and changes loom on the horizon.

Author

Sarah Holman
Sarah Holman
Author · 39 books

Sarah Holman lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Scott. When not working on her next novel, she can usually be found hanging out with her family, reading, or hiking at state parks with her husband. If there is anything adventuresome about her life, it’s because she serves a God with a destiny bigger than anything she could have imagined. You can find out more about her at her website, www.thedestinyofone.com. To keep up to date on releases, join her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/bitBIf

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