It’s C.T.’s first case. He wants an easy one.Instead, he gets Alice.C.T. Ferguson spent years as a hacker. He lived in Hong Kong, working against the Chinese government. Then they found him, threw him in jail, and eventually kicked him out. In Baltimore, C.T. sets himself up as a private investigator.Then Alice walks in.She’s sure her husband is cheating on her. C.T. looks into it but isn’t convinced. He soon discovers Alice...

**A murdered police officer. The thin blue line.One PI will take on the system to get justice.**For someone who never got along well with the cops, C.T. Ferguson finds himself in a good place.His relationship with the Baltimore police is as solid as it's been. He and his detective cousin Rich are almost friends.Then the news comes in: Officer down.The police quickly arrest a suspect. C.T. wants nothing to do with the case.You can't a...

A gray hat hacker. A dark-hearted crime boss.Baltimore isn’t big enough for both of them.C.T. Ferguson uses his illicit digital skills as a private investigator. When a teenaged boy wants to find his missing older brother, C.T. takes the case.He soon discovers the missing brother is a fellow keyboard wizard, which piques his interest. Then shadowy figures turn up wherever C.T. goes. He gets an offer he’s not supposed to refuse from ...

The serenity of a Baltimore church courtyard . . .Is broken by the corpse of a priest.Who would commit such a terrible crime?Another reverend hires private investigator C.T. Ferguson to solve the case. C.T. learns the murdered man was popular with a wide range of church and community members.Someone clearly hated him, however . . . and the killer focuses on C.T.When he uncovers questionable connectio...

C.T. Ferguson has a mysterious new client.An old enemy, however, is the greatest threat of all.A young woman wants C.T. to find her long-missing father. Unraveling his disappearance isn’t easy. Despite the difficulty—and the efforts of a few enforcers trying to stop him—he eventually locates the man most of the way across the country.Meanwhile, an old adversary plots revenge.C.T. is blindsided by the latest threat but knows ...

**For C.T.’s first case, he wanted an easy one.Instead, he got Alice.**C.T. Ferguson spent years as a hacker. He lived in Hong Kong and helped Americans and dissidents evade the Chinese government. Then they found him, threw him in jail, and eventually kicked him out. In Baltimore, C.T. sets himself up as a private investigator.Then Alice walked in. C.T.’s career took off, and his life would never be the same.Crossing paths with budding loan sharks, gangster...

A hacker turned PI delivers justice to a desperate city.This omnibus collects books 4-6 of the gripping C.T. Ferguson crime novels: Already Guilty, Daughters and Sons, and A March from Innocence.Though he started out as a reluctant detective, C.T. has grown into the job. He almost likes it. These three cases challenge him both personally and professionally in ways he never expected.Already Guilty (#4): C.T...

The city of Baltimore goes dark.Then, the trouble really starts.Newly married and back from his honeymoon, C.T. Ferguson is out on the town when the lights go out, plunging the city into a winter darkness.Other city systems quickly start failing. The beleaguered IT staff can’t stop it. C.T. suspects the worst . . .A ransomware attack.While the police struggle to maintain order in the days before Christmas, C...

C.T. Ferguson’s latest case sends him into the workforce.And it’s not the only thing which might kill him.When a widow hires C.T. to investigate her husband’s suspicious death, he never thought he’d end up taking the man’s old database job. A corporate executive wants to get to the bottom of things, so C.T. joins the company undercover.Not everyone is thrilled by his presence, however.Two ambushes can’t deter him. Both the w...

C.T. Ferguson nearly died. Now, he’s investigating a murder.What could go wrong?C.T. is back to work a few short months after being shot. He’s working on his own and taking cases he would’ve declined before.So when a woman comes into C.T’s office and asks him to investigate her sister’s brutal murder, he jumps at the chance.He has no trouble finding suspects. When the confrontations turn physical, though, C.T. Is unsure of h...

As the snow falls across Baltimore, the bodies of local women fall along with it.Winter dawns in Charm City, and the police are puzzled by the seemingly random murder of a young woman. Her family hires PI C.T. Ferguson to investigate.But as the freeze deepens, the killings continue with no apparent rhyme or reason.The crimes garner local and national attention while C.T. and the police remain stymied. C.T.’s assistant T.J. offers to go undercover as...

C.T. Ferguson puts Baltimore’s worst criminals away.All the while, an unexpected enemy bides his time . . .This omnibus collects books 7-9 of the riveting C.T. Ferguson crime novels.C.T. is a smart and established private investigator, but even he can’t anticipate every enemy.Inside Cut (#7): College hoops star Calvin Murray leads his team into the tournament. His mother hires C.T. because she fears her son ...