The Girl in the Red Room

Series: Book 1 of a 3-Book Thriller Series When FBI Special Agent Marlowe Steele put a powerful trafficker behind bars, she thought justice had finally won. She was wrong. Less than twelve hours after his release, her phone rang at 2:33 a.m.Before she could speak, she heard him laughing. “You took someone I loved. Now I’ve taken someone you love.” Her two-year-old niece Lilly vanished that same night. The man responsible is untouchable — protected by diplomatic immunity, political money, and a global trafficking network that stretches from New York to Dubai. The FBI orders Marlowe off the case. So she goes rogue. Flying to Dubai alone, Marlowe must find the one man she swore she’d never trust again — her ex-husband, a former agent hiding from his own past. Together they descend into a world of fake modeling agencies, elite parties, and powerful men who believe children are commodities. Back home, Marlowe’s sister begins dreaming of Lilly — flashes of doors, windows, voices whispering clues that make no sense… until they start coming true. Marlowe doesn’t believe in psychics.But every vision brings her closer to Lilly — and closer to a truth that could destroy them all. Because someone in Dubai wants Lilly not for money… …but as a replacement child. And they will kill to keep her.