Smugglers, old rivalries, and family troubles strike close to home for Agent Cote. Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote returns home to northern Maine, hoping for a quieter and safer environment for herself and her eight-year-old son. But her homecoming isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. Dealing with her ex-husband, her sister with a big secret, and finding her place again in her old hometown is hard enough without the surprise bundle she discovers one night while on stakeout. Hoping to witness and bust a marijuana drop, Peyton instead finds a baby abandoned in a frozen field. And when she tries to figure out where the child belongs, Peyton is pulled into a deadly conspiracy.

Peyton’s Fate Depends on the Unlikely Pawn in a Quarter-Century-Old Crime When Agent Peyton Cote discovers a thirteen-year-old Ukrainian boy along the Canadian border, she has no idea who placed him there or why. And Victor Tankov, on his deathbed in Russia, likes it that way. By giving the boy political asylum, Peyton sets in motion a plan twenty-five years in the making, leading back to the world’s largest art heist at Boston’s Gardner Museum. In his most ambitious work yet, D.A. Keeley blends one of the most famous crimes of the century with the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, creating an action-packed international thriller. As events unfold, Peyton hunts for a painting worth $150 million and the criminal masterminds who are determined to sell it no matter the cost. Praise: "[A] solid third Peyton Cote novel."—Publishers Weekly

When U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Peyton Cote is called to a mysterious burned-out cabin, she has no idea it will lead her to reconnect with Dr. Sherry Duvall. Their re-acquaintance, however, comes under difficult circumstances—Sherry's brother is accused of murder, and her father and mother have just died in a murder-suicide. On the home front, single-mom Peyton is waging a different battle—helping son Tommy fight his learning disability. Amidst all this, a man is lurking who has only revenge on his mind, the kind of revenge that could cripple the nation and leave even those close to him as nothing more than fallen sparrows.  Praise: “[Keeley’s] tough but compassionate heroine triumphs against the odds.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS “This edgy and emotional thrill ride will captivate readers."—RT BOOK REVIEWS