THE ORCHID PROTOCOL

Twenty-three brilliant women are dead, each taken at the peak of her life—and each death made to look natural.

Retired FBI investigator Cole Maddox and former NSA analyst Sloane Atwood uncover the pattern the police missed: a white orchid, a trail through private security systems, and a killer who knows his victims before he ever meets them.

Julian Vane is a cybersecurity prodigy who has turned surveillance into intimacy—and intimacy into murder. When federal prosecutor Elena Marchetti becomes his next target, Cole and Sloane finally have a chance to reverse the hunt.

But the closer they get to Julian, the clearer it becomes that the killer is only one layer of the threat. Behind the murders is a hidden surveillance system, a buried program, and a conspiracy far larger than either investigator expected.

The Orchid Protocol is Book One of The Maddox & Atwood Files, a psychological crime thriller blending serial-killer suspense, cyber surveillance, conspiracy, and a relentless cat-and-mouse investigation.