D D Nicaro

The Outcasts D D Nicaro

Newly minted Witness Protection inductees Albert and Ella Johnson (formerly John Burton and his former detective partner Lena Reyes) settle uncomfortably into their new life a world away from Suburban Philadelphia police detective work. Albert's undercover work for the FBI toppled an international human trafficking ring and saved him from prison. The partners married shortly after the trial concluded. Marriage appealed to Albert; his former detective partner and now wife truly his better half. Their sleepy little enclave turns deadly when homeless men are murdered. The police itch worsens when the murder spree expands to take the life of a police detective. Albert's interest in the unsolved murders grows. Ella worries her husband will risk their lives by violating their contract with the US Marshal Service. She suspects her husband is secretly working with the police; straining their relationship. Albert convinces the FBI to allow him to consult with the local police above the objections of his wife and the US Marshal Service; quickly becoming embroiled in the investigation, raising suspicions of his former police connections and exposing his new friends to the brutality of a serial killer. His recklessness places his wife in the crosshairs of the killer. Can Albert save his wife and his marriage?