North of the Killing Hand, Paperback/Joni M. Fisher

Descriere

North of the Killing Hand is the second book in the Compass Crimes Series and a prequel to South of Justice. A finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards Competition, this story has overlapping characters from South of Justice. After Nefi Jenkins witnesses her parents' murder in Brazil, she bonds with her American rescuers. They bring her to the U. S. to live with her relatives where she must adapt to a radically different lifestyle. She dedicates her life to law enforcement, in large part to impress Vincent Gunnerson, one of her rescuers. As an adult, Nefi will be forced to choose between the rule of law and the temptation of revenge.