FBI agent Smoky Barrett is no stranger to the darker recesses of the human mind. But nothing could have prepared her for the day she had to watch her husband and daughter die at the hands of a serial killer. She bears the scars, mental and physical. Most people would run - from work, from life, from everything associated with the pain of a shattered existence. But Smoky doesn't know how to run - and when the job that has defined her life comes calling once again with the news that her best friend from high school has been brutally murdered, she finds herself back in the firing line, chasing a hidden killer who will stop at nothing to confront her. Face to face.
Smoky Barrett Series
Smoky Barrett is a former FBI agent who is trying to cope with the traumatic events following a tragedy in her family. In this series, she attempts to find her place in life again while engaging in dangerous cases that test her psychological resilience. The books delve into character psychology and the dark aspects of crime. Barrett undergoes an emotional and physical battle that forces her to confront her own demons.





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A young woman loses her family, her friends, almost anyone who has ever even done her a kindness to a maniacal serial killer. It's as if every trace of human contact is being wiped out of her life. Her terrifying case is handed to a woman who has had so much of her own happiness snatched away from her: Smoky Barrett, the extraordinary heroine of Mcfadyen's stunning debut SHADOW MAN. Now caring for her murdered friend's mute daughter, Smoky must decide whether or not she can rise to one more fiendish challenge...
The Darker Side
- 452 pages
- 16 hours of reading
Are your secrets safe . . . ? The blistering new thriller from the author of THE FACE OF DEATH and SHADOW MAN.
Abandoned
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
In the fourth heart-stopping thriller from this supremely gifted storyteller ("Booklist"), FBI agent Smoky Barrett is chasing a serial killer who's in it for the money--and the ultimate price may be Barrett's life.
Tvornica istine
- 408 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Smoky Barret rukovodi skupinom FBI-evih agenata koji su strpali iza rešetaka neke od najstrašnijih kriminalaca današnjice. Na početku karijere Smoky je doživjela tragediju kad joj je podivljali manijak ubio kćer i muža, a lice joj unakazio ožiljkom. Poslije toga ona posvećuje svoj život hvatanju patoloških ubojica s ekipom otkvačenih i inteligentnih agenata. U najnovijem je romanu Smoky trudna i ponovno sretno udana. Zajedno s ekipom šalju je na zadatak u Denver gdje ih dočekuje grozan prizor, u jednoj uličici u predgrađu dvije su obitelji masakrirane, a netko je vodio brigu o tome da pažljivo izloži njihova tijela. Istraga vodi Smoky u golem podzemni bunker i prema otkrivanju mračne priče koja povezuje cijelu zajednicu. Riječ je o zločinu koji će zaprepastiti svijet.