Casualty of Innocence: An AJ Conti Novel

A danger from the past, a killer on the loose. Can AJ Conti move fast enough to prevent the loss of more innocent lives?\nYoung boys are missing from rural areas of New Mexico. Albuquerque Detective Sara Gray, believes they may be linked, but has no jurisdiction. AJ agrees to look into it, then soon learns of a missing man whose best friend, a prominent architect, Tommy Chacon, was the last to see him.
After AJ discovers a windowless building with a steel door in Chacon’s backyard, clues that point to buried bodies emerge. Then Sara Gray’s nephew is kidnapped.
Closing in on a killer, AJ is unaware of the lurking danger from his past. A private insurgent who has a score to settle inserts himself into the game, manipulating Chacon, the investigators, and even AJ’s recently adopted daughter.\nCasualty of Innocence hits hard with action from its initial stages. A smart and crisp novel. —Pacific Book Review\nA swirling and sinister story of child trafficking, murder, dangerous manipulators, and the lengths we go to protect those we love…timely and powerful. —Self-Publishing Review