
CID Special Agent Virginia Hornet arrives at Fort Drum expecting to solve a murder. Instead, the evidence uncovers a terrorist plot with ties to a powerful business operating far beyond the Army’s reach. Torn between her growing love for Thomas Rivers and the demands of her badge, Hornet must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice before the next attack strikes. “First Lieutenant Virginia Hornet, assigned to the Army’s Criminal Investigation Unit, is sent to investigate a murder at Fort Drum after a construction crew unearths a severed arm. Hornet is as smart, irreverent, and tenacious as her undercover sidekick, Tiggs is willful, rebellious, and addicted to Toblerone bars.The clues lead Hornet to suspects far from the base or Army business. Author Victoria Montes has created a winner in the continuing Hornet series.” —ELIZABETH LYONS AUTHOR AND WRITER’S ADVOCATE “Montes is adept at making Hornet’s situation worse at every opportunity, and making her efforts to fix things force her to dig herself into an even deeper hole.” —MICHAEL A. NETTLETON, AUTHOR