Beyond Tense

Homicide Detective Nicola DeLuca of the St. Louis Police Department encounters a case that throws her for a loop and takes her on a roller coaster ride of emotions, ethics, and mental and physical pain. DeLuca is caught off guard when she catches a homicide case that hits a little too close to home. Soon, she will find herself wondering if her family life growing up was all a lie. Her parents’ death was not what she thought, and her brother was not the person she thought she knew. DeLuca bravely takes on this case with the help of an old flame. Will the sparks fly as they once did, and will she solve the hardest case of her career and make it out in one piece?

The vacation was supposed to be a romantic escape. Instead, it became a fight for their lives.

In this pulse-pounding sequel to Past Tense, Detectives DeLuca and Moretti trade the gritty streets of St. Louis for the cobblestones of Rome. But their dream getaway quickly fractures into a waking nightmare. Someone is watching their every move.

When a gruesome trail of bodies surfaces in the Eternal City, they realize this is no random killing spree but a targeted strike. Stripped of their jurisdiction and far from home, they are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. This time, the hunters have become the hunted.