Connie Cockrell

Troubled Streets Connie Cockrell

On the streets of Baia Mare, the orphans roam free and the good citizens of the city look the other way. For Zoe Ohale, life on the streets is hard. Maybe too hard. She is one of the lucky few in the gang to have a place to lay her head, but for the rest an old abandoned warehouse is the best they can hope for to keep out of the rain. Zoe has debts to pay. On the one side, the Lees are pressuring her to be an informant; on the other, the criminal underworld threatens to swallow her whole. But Zoe would do anything for her gang of orphans, so she shuts up and straddles the line of loyalty between night and day, always teetering on the edge. But when a new gang of credit thieves comes to Baia Mare, everything is thrown into disarray, and Zoe's precarious balance starts to crumble. With lies, kidnapping, corruption and even worse in the mix, the city is bound for a descent into anarchy. Will Zoe find a way to help right a few wrongs? Or will she be the one who ends up needing help?