Street Games Series by L.K. Hill

In the most dangerous city in the country, one controlled by a sadistic gang called the Sons of Ares, Kyra Roberts is searching the deep places for someone… Kyra has come to Abstreuse city to find someone she’s lost, but walking the underbelly—a dark alley system residents call the Slip Mire—even in disguise, is rife with dangers. Kyra must stay on her toes if she intends to live. After crossing paths several times with the same detective, she wonders if his work and hers might be connected... moreIn the most dangerous city in the country, one controlled by a sadistic gang called the Sons of Ares, Kyra Roberts is searching the deep places for someone… Kyra has come to Abstreuse city to find someone she’s lost, but walking the underbelly—a dark alley system residents call the Slip Mire—even in disguise, is rife with dangers. Kyra must stay on her toes if she intends to live. After crossing paths several times with the same detective, she wonders if his work and hers might be connected. Gabe Nichols has worked homicide in Abstreuse for three years. Dead prostitutes and gang violence are part of the night shift. When a woman who looks like a street junkie but acts like an intellectual saves his life, he’s intrigued. Another woman shows up at his crime scene, and Gabe’s instincts kick into high gear when she clams up. Two cases involving strange women who won’t tell what they know are too coincidental. If Gabe and Kyra can’t find a way to collaborate, they may not live to see the sunrise. Doomed, like so many others, to become gray, unmarked graves in a forgotten fracture of the Slip Mire... less

In the most dangerous city in the country, one controlled by the sadistic Sons of Ares gang, Kyra Roberts recently crossed paths with detective Gabe Nichols. She dismissed any liaison with him as impossible, but telling him the truth may prove inevitable... Walking the Slip Mire nightly, dressed in her disguise and trying to infiltrate a homicidal gang, Kyra sees plenty of things she can’t explain... moreIn the most dangerous city in the country, one controlled by the sadistic Sons of Ares gang, Kyra Roberts recently crossed paths with detective Gabe Nichols. She dismissed any liaison with him as impossible, but telling him the truth may prove inevitable... Walking the Slip Mire nightly, dressed in her disguise and trying to infiltrate a homicidal gang, Kyra sees plenty of things she can’t explain. When she begins to suspect a serial killer might be at work, she decides to approach Gabe again. Gabe has plenty to keep him busy: a bizarre missing persons case, a new development in his brother’s cold case, a new neighbor, and the grisly murders that are a nightly ritual in the Slip Mire. When Kyra shows up unexpectedly, he jumps at the chance keep her around, but it’s harder than he bargained for. She’s not an average source any more than she’s an average Mireling. Gabe wishes she would be sensible about her own safety. Their partnership crumbles, but when things become even darker than usual in the Slip Mire, they’ll need one another get survive a hellish situation. If they can’t work together to shoulder their burdens, they’ll find themselves utterly alone. In Abstreuse, it’s not a matter of not coming out of the darkness, but of being absorbed by the darkness itself… less

"Kyra [is] smart, resourceful, and gritty. She's got steel in her spine. This is the woman I think we need to see more of in fiction."-Rebecca A., The Missing Lynx After surviving the horror of the Carmichael District, Kyra continues to look for her brother, but she can't seem to avoid crossing paths with the Mire's psychotic serial killer. Avoiding him and surviving the darkness of the Mire grows ever more difficult. And now he may be targeting her... more"Kyra [is] smart, resourceful, and gritty. She's got steel in her spine. This is the woman I think we need to see more of in fiction."-Rebecca A., The Missing Lynx After surviving the horror of the Carmichael District, Kyra continues to look for her brother, but she can't seem to avoid crossing paths with the Mire's psychotic serial killer. Avoiding him and surviving the darkness of the Mire grows ever more difficult. And now he may be targeting her. For Gabe, the mystery surrounding his brother's disappearance twenty-five years ago deepens as the suspect in custody is questioned, but speaks in riddles. If Gabe can decipher Hammond's strange clues, perhaps he can finally bring his brother's body home and obtain some closure. That is, if he can stay one step ahead of the murders in the Mire. Kyra and Gabe face new, darker challenges in their search for missing brothers. Every victory brings setbacks and complications. They have little to push them forward now except determination and hope. Even if it is a Damaged Hope. If you love you some crime, murder mystery and suspense with detectives and serial killers thrown in, don't miss the action-packed third installment of Street Games! less

All bets are off. After all she's been through, nothing will stop Kyra from finding her brother. Kyra has put Supra to rest for good. But her new disguise, her new charade, may prove infinitely more dangerous. She now stalks the Mire with gangsters and thugs, dodging a serial killer and searching. Always searching.. moreAll bets are off. After all she's been through, nothing will stop Kyra from finding her brother. Kyra has put Supra to rest for good. But her new disguise, her new charade, may prove infinitely more dangerous. She now stalks the Mire with gangsters and thugs, dodging a serial killer and searching. Always searching... Gabe searches for Kyra relentlessly since they parted after the funeral of a beloved friend, but she's disappeared into the darkness of the Mire, and he doesn't know where to start looking. Meanwhile, a serial killer still haunts Gabe's jurisdiction, the prowlers are an ever-growing threat, and the mystery of Gabe's brother's disappearance seems to have gone cold. But Abstreuse City never remains quiet for long. Oh no. There's a great deal of darkness in store for Kyra and Gabe. If only they can find the strength to meet and overcome it. Join them on a pulse-pounding run through the bowels of Abstreuse City, where demons of the past and future are about to collide. less