Marcus Sakey Books in Order

Danny Carter has built a legitimate life after leaving Chicago's criminal world behind. When his former partner Evan returns from prison demanding repayment for his silence, Danny must decide how to protect his girlfriend, career and future from their shared past.

Former soldier Jason Palmer returns to Chicago, where his brother's murder leaves a young nephew pursued by the killers. Working with police officer Elena Cruz, Jason investigates connections between street violence and powerful interests while trying to protect the boy.

Tom and Anna Reed discover a large sum of money that seems to offer relief from their financial problems. Keeping it, however, draws them into the criminal business behind the cash, forcing the couple to fight for their lives.

Four dissatisfied Chicago friends decide that a criminal opportunity could solve their problems. Their scheme involves a wealthy employer and his lover, but a killing transforms the planned score into a dangerous confrontation with people accustomed to violent crime.

Back from Iraq, Nick meets former squadmate Cooper in a Las Vegas bar and learns that a creditor has threatened his life. Their wartime bond and a killing Nick once concealed force him to weigh loyalty against another dangerous request.

Former hitman Billy Dexter has stopped killing, leaving his old partnership with meticulous planner Sammy behind. When the woman he loves needs help, returning to murder proves disturbingly easy, threatening the distance he has put between himself and his past.

An impulsive sexual encounter between strangers becomes the beginning of a complicated relationship. Both seek an edge in love and life, but the attraction that initially draws them together carries consequences neither can dismiss as easily as a passing affair.

Alex, Ian, Jenn and Mitch want more from their disappointing lives and devise what seems like a safe, victimless theft. When the plan unravels, the four friends discover that their hoped-for escape may instead place everything they value at risk.

A collaborative thriller that starts with a murder that looks solved, until a wife refuses to accept the easy answer. As different investigators and suspects take the stage, the story keeps changing shape. Each new revelation adds pressure, and nobody's motives are as clean as they seem.

A half-drowned man awakens on a beach with no memory, finding a BMW registered to Daniel Hayes. Hunted by police and haunted by a woman's face, he heads toward California to discover whether the car's owner is himself.

Federal agent Nick Cooper belongs to the gifted minority known as brilliants and uses his abilities to hunt terrorists. Pursuing a brilliant bent on provoking civil war forces him to question his loyalties and the system he serves.

A terrorist network of brilliants cripples American cities, pushing the country toward civil war. Gifted presidential adviser Nick Cooper tries to protect his children's future, but must confront opponents whose idea of a better society threatens everything he believes.

With cities devastated and gifted people sheltering in Tesla, extremists prepare to destroy their refuge. Nick Cooper and Shannon Azzi confront rival threats as a discovery capable of giving ordinary people extraordinary abilities raises the stakes of the conflict.

FBI agent Will Brody awakens after an explosion to find an abandoned, dangerous version of Chicago. In the living world, Claire McCoy mourns the man she loves while hunting a terrorist, unaware how narrow the boundary between them may be.