Undercover cop Dan Hudson is framed for blackmail and kicked off the NOPD force. Enraged about that, and the fact that his lover refuses to stand by him, Dan moves to Denver, where he becomes Dirk Steele. He finds a job working for the Powells, who are pawnbrokers ... and fences. When he proposes to them that he put together a team to steal on demand for the Powells’ less than legitimate clients, a deal is struck and the team is formed. The team consists of Maverick, a thief; Tripp, a street kid who shoplifts to survive; and Fey, another street kid who is an excellent pickpocket and petty thief. Now the question becomes, will the team succeed? And, equally important, will the attraction between Dirk, who has sworn off love, and Maverick -- whose credo is only down and dirty sex -- grow into something more? Or will they remain just 'friends with benefits'? Time will tell as the team takes on increasingly difficult jobs and a man from Dirk's past shows up who could possibly throw a monkey wrench into the works.

Wrong Side of the Law

“That doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy,” Jesse said as he watched.


“Sorry,” Dirk replied. “Luckily your average B&E person won’t have one of the detectors. They’re not exactly cheap.”


“How do we bypass the security key pad?” Maverick asked.


“This little toy.” Dirk picked it up to show everyone. “It essentially jams the signal from the box by preventing a wireless keypad from calling the cops over its normal cell network. Instead it sends a command for the keypad to latch onto a rogue cell phone network. If the pad runs off a landline, you need to disable the phone line before entering the building. In the event that it has a cellular backup, use the jammer, too. As a matter of fact, it’s always a good idea to use it every time, just in case.”


“That’s probably more likely to be usable at a home than a business,” Maverick commented. “Businesses have the money to pour into the most sophisticated systems available.”


Chapter 18