The past has come back to haunt P.I. Jack Carpenter, former head of the Broward County Missing Persons Unit. As a young cop he failed to stop the kidnapping of a college coed by a shockingly large assailant-and neither of them was ever seen again. The abduction has remained Carpenter's most chilling cold case, and even now the mystery of the missing girl lurks in his darkest dreams. But after eighteen years, it's about to become terrifying reality...

In South Florida, Jack Carpenter is infamous. Heś the cop who busted the notorious serial killer Simon Skell -- aka the Midnight Rambler -- and sacrificed his badge and marriage in the process. Haunted by the Skell case, Carpenter now works as an abduction specialist in Fort Lauderdale, reuniting families with their missing children. But the body of one of the Midnight Ramblerś victims has just been uncovered -- and forensic evidence suggests Carpenter...

A blind poker player named Skip DeMarco is scamming the worldś largest poker tournament in Las Vegas, and cheating-expert Tony Valentine and his son, Gerry, have been hired to find out how. DeMarco is tied to some dangerously desperate characters who will go to extremes--even cold-blooded murder--to ensure that the obnoxious DeMarco wins big. While Gerry flies to Atlantic City to suss out DeMarcoś secret, Valentine stays in Vegas and teams up with...

Tony Valentine is an expert at spotting cheats. Heś tossed them out of gambling casinos from Atlantic City to Las Vegas and Monaco. But though Tony has never met a scam he couldnt́ crack, his son and partner, Gerry, has just walked into one with a body count. What started with a conmanś deathbed confession turns into a deadly Las Vegas grudge match during the worldś biggest poker tournament. While Gerry and his shady friends tangle with the Vegas...

When Tony Valentine, a master at catching casino cheaters, jets to Las Vegas to look for his missing son, he lands in the middle of a dangerous turf war between rival casinos. Valentineś longtime pal then taps him to figure out how an amateur won $25,000 at his blackjack tables. But the job is full of land mines. For starters, the suspect bears a strong resemblance to his late wife. Upping the ante, a dead stripper is found with Valentineś calling...