Double Stakes

A kidnapped daughter. A rigged election. A family under siege.

French special forces analyst Mélisende’s recovery after a brutal mission is shattered when unknown thugs attack her family home. Enforcers are coming after her sister-in-law for gambling debt.

But Mel is ordered to Germany, where chancellor candidate Achim Nessler’s daughter has been abducted. The kidnappers’ goal? To force Nessler to throw the election, paving the way for a hard-right victory that could upend not just Germany, but all of Europe.

Time’s running out. Mel and fellow investigator Jeff McCracken plunge into a web of extremist politics, where betrayal runs deep and where Mel uncovers a chilling link to her own family’s troubles.

With both a nation’s future and her loved ones in danger, she races to stop a conspiracy that’s far too close to home.