The lives of the members of the Smith family are disrupted in 1903 when Mr. Smith, a banker, announces plans to leave St. Louis for New York, putting a damper on his oldest daughter's romance with the boy next door, and ruining their plans to attend the St. Louis World's Fair.

PJ Gray plays a high-stakes game of computer cat-and-mousewith a man who doesn't exist Someone has hacked into the St. Louis Hospital, and not merely to steal information. The hacker alters patient results and drug dosages in the hospital's computer network, with fatal consequences. Who better for the police to have on the case than PJ Gray, psychologist and master of forensic computer simulation? As Gray gets to work with her old-school partner Leo...

"The grandson of a U.S. senator has been brazenly kidnapped out of a hotel room in St. Louis. His life has been threatened if the senator cannot raise the ransom money, an exorbitant amount even he can't scrape together. Ultimately, the boy's fate falls into the hands of a select group of undercover agents known for their discretion, cleverness, and bravery : the Pinkertons. When Allan Pinkerton realizes the confidential nature of the kidnapping he...

When her genius Asperger's syndrome colleague rules a friend's suspicious death a homicide in spite of police opinions, St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold investigates clues that lead her into the heart of a dark criminal enterprise.

St. Louis Police detective George Hastings enters into an uneasy alliance with the FBI to investigate the seemingly politically motivated abduction of the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the killing of her boyfriend.