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A Broken Detective's Redemption Begins Join Peter Andrassy, native Hungarian and ex-NYC detective, on his journey from despair to resilience as he trades the towering skyscrapers of New York City for the enigmatic alleys of Budapest. Reeling from the murder of his beloved wife, Peter's life...

An entrepreneur with a startup valued at one billion falls from a balcony on the eve of the company going public. Was it an accident? Or was she pushed? Rita Burch is a rising star. The founder of a huge clothing brand, she is on the brink of financial nirvana. Her company is set to go public with an astronomical valuation when her body is found broken and unconscious, a victim of an apparent accident.

Two graduate students fall in love; one goes missing.…After an American graduate student asks for help finding his girlfriend, who disappeared in Budapest, retired NYPD detective Peter Andrassy reluctantly takes up the case. But as he dives deeper, he realizes the missing woman is connected to another incident. Can Peter work against the odds to find the culprit?

Scott Lyon owns a title company with an office on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center South Tower. He's been stealing money from clients, and when one client threatens to expose him, he makes plans to retaliate. When a plane hits the north tower, Scott knows he’s been handed a golden opportunity. He can fake his own death and disappear with millions. But when he tries to withdraw his fortune, after his escape, he’s devastated to learn it’s vanished. Someone stole it from him.

A public rally. A hidden sniper. The wrong person dead. Thousands gather in Idaho Falls to hear the Vice President of the United States speak. Security is tight. Every threat’s been considered. Then a single gunshot changes everything. The Vice President survives, but a beloved political figure is killed. Everyone assumes she was an innocent bystander —until evidence suggests the shooter hit exactly who they intended. Detectives Hank Gardener and Joyce Powers are already investigating a suspicious death and assume the two crimes are unrelated.

Home in 1912 Chicago for the summer, Louise Clifford finds herself, once again, lost in the shadow of her more accomplished sister. When the alluring Texan, Charles Watson, pursues her, she clings to the lifeline he promises. However, after six weeks of bliss, he abruptly leaves.

The long-awaited performance by the special needs class should have been a triumph—a celebration of courage, perseverance, and joy. But when one student is violently killed, the celebration turns into a nightmare. Nicole Morgan was there. She saw it happen. But now, haunted and withdrawn, she’s barely speaking. It’s not the first time she’s witnessed death, and her silence may be the only thing keeping her alive. As Detectives Gardener and Powers dig into the case, they uncover troubling secrets buried deep within the school.

Peter Andrassy can’t rest. Fresh from solving his wife’s murder, the former NYC detective is back in Hungary and on a mission. His attention is centered on exposing the leader of the human trafficking syndicate in Budapest. Learning of a plot to kill Lili, a beautiful young female TV reporter, Peter acts quickly and abducts her. When he learns she’s been fired for an unauthorized interview of a trafficking victim, his plans change. The dead girl’s best friend is missing and being hunted by the traffickers. The leader of the criminal organization is feeling the pressure and is out for blood.

Peter Andrassy is tortured by guilt. Widowed for a year and looking for redemption, the former NYC detective is in a Budapest prison for a murder he didn’t commit. His work with the national police has brought a new perspective. For the first time in months, he knows he can solve his wife’s murder, but he might be too late.

Peter Andrassy, a retired NYC detective, has reluctantly accepted a new position with the human-trafficking task force in Budapest. He returned to Hungary to avoid violent crimes against women, and now finds himself surrounded by them.

In the year 2000, private investigator Peter Andrassy, a native Hungarian and retired NYC detective, may abandon investigatory work. Since moving back to Budapest, he’s struggled to find new clients and believes technology has passed him by.

When Derek and Brianna Murphy set off on a romantic river cruise from Passau to Budapest to celebrate twenty-five years of marriage, they expect historic cities, candlelit dinners, and a much-needed reconnection. What they don’t expect is the instant bond they form with two other couples—strangers who, over shared excursions and late-night conversations, begin to feel like lifelong friends. But friendships forged on calm waters can shatter in dark depths.