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Lawyer Cameron Scott's second adventure starts with another
"simple" case that takes him to his old park ranger stomping
grounds in piedmont North Carolina. While there, he learns that
someone is trying to steal an inheritance from his client,
newspaper publisher Suzanne Easterling. He encounters old friends
and new enemies when he tries to identify the thieves and find out
why they are targeting Suzanne. Worse, he finds his investigation
intertwined with the FBI's investigation of an extremist group.
Cameron faces danger and intrigue as he tries to save Suzanne's
estate--and possibly her life.
Country lawyer Cameron Scott and wife Mary head to North Carolina's
southwestern mountains for a restful vacation and a visit with
their daughter, Grae. The day after they arrive, Grae is
unexpectedly called into work, so the Scotts book a tour-train
excursion; one that travels through a long, curved tunnel. when the
lights are extinguished mid-tunnel so the passengers can experience
near-total darkness, Jennifer Quinn, the passenger seated next to
Cameron, keels over dead. Although Cameron vehemently denies ever
having seen or spoken to Miss Quinn before the excursion, the
police, and Mary, want to know why his name is on a piece of paper
found in the young lady's pocket. When Cameron tries to clear his
name by finding out how and why Miss Quinn died, he discovers a
disturbing link between her and Grae; a link that puts the whole
family's lives in danger. He also uncovers unsettling information
about Grae's employer, KaPhaLab, a pharmaceuticals company with
customer health last on its list of priorities. Join Cameron as he
embarks on another harrowing adventure in the Old North State.
Second Hand is the fourth title in the Cameron Scott suspense
series. Cameron's day at the Court of Appeals in Raleigh, NC spins
out of control after a tornado rips through the city. A judge on
Cameron's appeal panel is left dead, and chances are that the
tornado didn't kill him. What's more, the judge's demise may be a
prelude to a much bigger plot, one that threatens a very important
visitor to North Carolina's capital city.
Country lawyer Cameron Scott's week begins with a nightmare and
ends in a hornet's nest of betrayal and intrigue. A small group of
mid-level bureaucrats has formed a secret alliance to quietly
restructure the U.S. government from within but a power-hungry
cadre, intent on changing the government through violent
revolution, has seized the organization and quickly eliminated its
founders. Like weeds in a garden, they have spread through the
government. Cameron crosses paths with the shadowy organization,
and an equally shadowy FBI agent, trying to find out why his
court-appointed client was murdered in the jailhouse, and suddenly
finds himself in their crosshairs. When he learns that the
treacherous group and a raging category five hurricane may both
center their destruction on his coastal home town of Riverport, NC,
he is forced to fight time and nature to seek and destroy the
organization before it destroys him.
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