Valentine Pescatore, a volatile rookie Border Patrol agent, is trying to survive rthe trenches at the Line in San Deigo. He gets in trouble and is recruited as an informant by Isabel Puente, a beautiful US agent investigating a powerful Mexican crime family. As he infiltrates the Mafia, Pescatore falls in love with Puente, but he clashes with her ally, Leo Mendez, chief of a Tijuana anti-corruption unit. Politically charged violence escalates, plunging...

When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in "New York Times"-bestselling author Jance's newest mystery.

The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.

Recovering from his most recent battle with the Mexican mafia and a clash with his ex-wife, Ed Eagle encounters a mysterious new client who offers dangerous clues to unresolved elements from Ed's past.

"The Diezmo tells the story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in the history of Texas - a country and a state, as Rick Bass writes, that was "born in blood."" "In the early days of the Republic of Texas, two young men, wild for glory, impulsively volunteer for an expedition Sam Houston has ordered to patrol the Mexican border. But their dreams of triumph soon fade into prayers for survival, and all that...

Caught in the cross hairs of gang violence, seventeen-year-old fashion designer, Maya, and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US-Mexico border.

Charlie Hood must determine if ATF undercover agent Sean "Oz" Ozburn--deep undercover supporting the "sicarios" of the Baja Cartel--has suffered a permanent break with his mission and his moral compass--or if he has his reasons for going "completely dark.".