The Agent's Secret Past. Debby Giusti

      

      THREAT FROM HER AMISH PAST

      Eight years ago, a drifter destroyed Becca Miller’s ties to her Amish community—and murdered her family. Now a special agent with Fort Rickman’s criminal investigation department, Becca knows her past has caught up with her and doesn’t want to relive it. She’s convinced that the killer, who supposedly died years ago, is very much alive and after her. Special agent Colby Voss agrees to help her investigate. Yet the closer they get to the truth, the closer the killer gets to silencing her permanently.

      Military Investigations: Serving their country and solving crimes

      Colby glanced into the dense forest on each side of the road, his internal warning system on high alert.

      The sky was clear, the wind calm, yet there was a fallen tree in the middle of the road. He unbuttoned the safety on his holster.

      “Watch yourself, Becca,” he cautioned.

      She approached the fallen tree and then turned to face him. “We’ll have to move the log off the road.”

      Inadvertently, she stepped into the arc of illumination from her car’s headlights.

      Colby’s shoulders tensed. “You’re exposed, Becca. Get away from the light.”

      He moved toward her. She stepped aside, but not fast enough.

      A shot rang out.

      For half a heartbeat, Becca froze.

      Colby lunged and shoved her to the pavement. Two more shots pummeled the log. A third pinged against her open driver’s door.

      A car engine whined in the distance. Tires screeched along a narrow path that paralleled the newer two-lane.

      Becca wiggled under Colby’s weight.

      “It was a trap,” he said, his tone sharp. “You could have been killed.”

      She almost had been, he realized. On his watch.

      DEBBY GIUSTI

      is a medical technologist who loves working with test tubes and petri dishes almost as much as she loves to write. Growing up as an army brat, Debby met and married her husband—then a captain in the army—at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Together they traveled the world, raised three wonderful army brats of their own and have now settled in Atlanta, Georgia, where Debby spins tales of suspense that touch the heart and soul. Contact Debby through her website, www.DebbyGiusti.com, email [email protected], or write c/o Love Inspired Suspense, 233 Broadway, Suite 1001, New York, NY 10279.

      The Agent’s Secret Past

      Debby Giusti

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      Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.”

      —Luke 9:23–24

      In Memory of Ginger Leary

      A dear friend who loved books and always encouraged me to keep writing.

      Contents

       PROLOGUE

       CHAPTER ONE

       CHAPTER TWO

       CHAPTER THREE

       CHAPTER FOUR

       CHAPTER FIVE

       CHAPTER SIX

       CHAPTER SEVEN

       CHAPTER EIGHT

       CHAPTER NINE

       CHAPTER TEN

       CHAPTER ELEVEN

       CHAPTER TWELVE

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

       CHAPTER NINETEEN

       CHAPTER TWENTY

       CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

       CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

       CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

       CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

       EPILOGUE

       DEAR READER

       QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

       EXCERPT