ZINFANDEL CARTER wants to avenge the brutal murder of her mother,
PATRICIA, but she's not a killer. She's a criminal defense attorney who
happens to love one of the men responsible for her mother's death. Zin
understands that she has to use street smarts and guile to bring about
justice for her mom. Her every move must be calculated to win and to
her, failure is not an option.
QURAN BASHIR is the son of AMEEN BASHIR and a heartless killer. His
brother, JIHAD, is his sidekick. Together, they hunt and kill rats of
the human kind. Killing has taken his soul, but Zin's love reminds him
of his humanity.
MICHAEL CARTER is a master strategist who's incarcerated, and he orders
hits from his jail cell. He loves the game too much to leave it, but a
new wrinkle in his case may free him. He would love nothing more than to
get home to his daughter, Zin.
SEAN BRANCH is back on the streets and he's leaving dead bodies
everywhere he goes, until one murder that he commits makes him the
hunted one. BRION CLARK knows that his brother, CRUD, was a piece of
shit, but he was his piece of shit. He vows to kill all those who had a
hand in his brother's death, even if it's the legendary killer named
Sean Branch.
GREG GAMBLE is the United States attorney for the District of Columbia
and he knows everybody's secrets. But he also has a few of his own that
are threatening to bury him in the mud. In the sequel to If You Cross Me
Once, everyone is about to learn what some already knows. If someone
crosses you once, they'll cross you twice.