Cameron Andrews of the Baltimore PD went to prison as part of a deep undercover sting. Having exposed the drug cabal in the prison, she has been released on parole. But before Cam has time to pick up the pieces of her life, the drug ring recruits her to join their operation on the outside. Since Cam and her handlers don't know who runs the drug operation, this is a welcome, if unexpected, windfall. The team leaps into action, and soon Cam is learning about the people involved, the manufacturing of the drugs, and the delivery routes. But things are perilous. Her parole officer starts asking uncomfortable questions, and her relationship with Michael is difficult because, though they are deeply committed to one another, they live in different cities. And when the ring is busted and Cam escapes capture, the suspicions of the gang leaders zero in on Cam. Can she manage to deflect suspicion and stay undercover before she ends up back in prison ... or dead?

Out and Beyond

“Lucky to walk into that bathroom when a woman who hated me had a knife in her hand?”


“Oh, that’s right; I paid someone to knife me,” she responded sarcastically. “What was I thinking? I had to kill her so she wouldn’t tell anyone.”


“Joke about it if you want, Cam. Ruth thinks it’s suspicious.”


“Ruth thinks it’s suspicious? Well, this is one of those times she’s wrong.”


“Then why am I here now? There’s $750,000 in that bag, I could have been out of the country by now.”


“Then explain…” he looked at a paper he had in his shirt pocket, “Paul Tarelli.”


“Pauly? He’s my best friend. He was my roommate for a while. We graduated from the police academy together. He even warned us about an inspection that was going to go down around Christmas time.”


“He’s also my best friend. There isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for each other.”


Chapter 45