Russian agents engage in a battle of wits and deception with corrupt law enforcement over the fate of a missing woman in Northern New Jersey.
The Americans meets The Shield in this gripping thriller of espionage, corruption, and the race to save a missing witness.
Sara Jane Ackerman has spent decades living a quiet life as an artist and community volunteer. But when a controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee is accused of sexual assault, she realizes she witnessed a long-forgotten incident that could alter the course of the confirmation hearings.
After receiving threats, Sara Jane reluctantly accepts protection from close friends, never suspecting that they are deep-cover Russian intelligence operatives. To them, she is now more than a friend, she has become a valuable intelligence asset.
Before she can testify, Sara Jane vanishes. The Russian operatives use manipulation and false identities to infiltrate the circle of corrupt local law enforcement they believe responsible. They want to locate and rescue Sara Jane before it’s too late.
As crime and politics collide on the streets of New Jersey and the banks of the Hudson River, loyalties are tested, alliances shift, and few can be trusted.
Perfect for readers of All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby, The Peacock and the Sparrow by I. S. Berry, Heartwood by Amity Gaige, and Hunted by Abir Mukherjee.
Coming in 2027. Book two of the Tajna Circle Series.
About the Tajna Circle Series
The Tajna Circle series is a collection of stories featuring Russian agents embedded in the northeast United States, and some of their associates. They are an anachronism, leftovers from an old way of doing things, in a program that still exists because someone high up in government doesn’t want to lose that line item in their budget. Some have lived in the USA so long they are no longer Russian, but not long enough to be Americans, either. Their true selves exist in a shadowy, liminal border between cultures where violent crime, personal betrayal, lust for power, and international intrigue also dwell. Nina’s Friends is book one of the series; Bent City is book two.