The Apples of Eden

The only thing Val Menion knew about his family was that he did not have one, but when a string of young girls are kidnapped straight from their homes without any clues, a startling truth begins to emerge - his past is connected in ways unimaginable.
While Val struggles to uncover the past he never knew he had, he must also came face-to-face with another part of his past that almost got him killed - his friends, and now he must decide what is more important; his past, or his future.
For Detective Shane Mason these attacks raise a different set of questions, and the only way to find the answers is to reunite the men he had once called friends. But for Val Menion, the deeper he goes the harder it is to tell what is truth and what is deception, and he must use all the skills he possesses to get out alive.
Cases of mistaken identity and uncovered pasts lay the framework for a thriller that both connects people’s lives, and tears them apart. Val is forced come closer to his past while simultaneously protecting his future as he seeks to learn the truth about his family before time runs out, and the man responsible goes free. The search for the guilty party becomes a whirlwind where truth and deception go hand in hand, and the lives of everyone are connected in ways unknown. Little does Val know the man responsible for the attacks knows more about his past than even he does, and nothing will stand in his way. Everyone involved is brought to the brink in a fast past hunt that immerses the reader into the lives of every character until each one is familiar as family, and that is driving force behind everything that unfolds. Family. As the story twists and turns toward the end game, the one thing that Val must do is the one thing he never knew possible – reconnect with the man who took everything from him.