Book 1

Hidden

by Karen E. Olson

Published 1 November 2015

Nicole Jones lives off the grid. She doesn't have a driver's license, passport, or even a bank account. She definitely doesn't own a computer. Operating bike tours on Block Island, she hasn't left her New England refuge in fifteen years. But it's not that she's afraid of the world. She's afraid of what she could do to it if she ever plugged back in. Because Nicole Jones isn't her real name. Still wanted by the FBI, she was once one of the best cyberthieves in the business.

When the last person Nicole wants to see suddenly appears on the island, using a name he knows will draw her out, Nicole realizes that no one can hide forever-not even her. As her secret past comes to light and her carefully-constructed life starts to unravel, Nicole's long-time haven becomes a prison, and her only chance for survival is hacking her way out.


Book 1

Hidden

by Karen E. Olson

Published 31 July 2015
This tense and twisting novel of identity and suspense marks an intriguing new departure for cozy mystery writer Karen E. Olson.

Nicole Jones - if that is her real name - lives off the grid. She doesn't have a licence, passport or bank account. She definitely doesn't own a computer. She hasn't left her refuge, Block Island, in fifteen years. She's hidden from the world and she likes it that way. Nicole doesn't use a computer, not because she's afraid of it, but because she's afraid of what she - a badass hacker in her past life - would do with it.

When the last person Nicole wants to see suddenly reappears, using a name he knows will draw her out, Nicole realizes that her time hidden is now ending. Her past secrets tumbling into the open and her carefully-constructed new life set to fall apart, Nicole must re-hone her long-suppressed computer skills in order to escape from an island that is no longer a haven, but suddenly a prison.

Book 2

Shadowed

by Karen E. Olson

Published 29 February 2016

Computer hacker 'Nicole Jones' finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy in this tense and twisting novel of identity and suspense

The computer hacker formerly known as Nicole Jones is now living as Susan McQueen on a remote island in Quebec, Canada. She is living a quiet life, working as an artist - but she has not given up her computer. While in an online chatroom, she sees a shadow - someone is inside her laptop, watching her every move, and somehow knows exactly who she is.

Afraid that he will track her down, Susan is on the run again - but from whom? Is it the FBI or someone associated with her past crime sixteen years before? Making her way across the border and back to the USA, some unsettling discoveries make Susan realize that she won't be able to escape her past a second time.


Book 3

Betrayed

by Karen E. Olson

Published 30 December 2016

"Well-written, character-driven thriller" - Publishers Weekly

Computer hacker Tina Adler discovers that her true enemy could be someone terrifyingly close to home in this cunningly-plotted tale of identity and suspense.

Framed for ordering a hit on mobster Tony DeMarco, Tina Adler is forced to re-enter the shadowy world of computer hacking she thought she'd left behind. In order to clear her name, she reluctantly joins an FBI team led by her old flame, Zeke Chapman, tasked with scouring the deep web to unearth DeMarco's darkest secrets.

The trail will lead Tina to the person who framed her - but it may also reveal other secrets, secrets she would rather not know. DeMarco may, in fact, be the least of Tina's worries. Could her true enemy be someone much closer to home?


Book 4

Vanished

by Karen E. Olson

Published 31 October 2017
Computer hacker Tina Adler heads to Paris, France in search of the truth - but discovers that someone is close on her trail in this tense and twisting thriller.

With a price on her head, computer hacker Tina Adler is determined to stay offline. Only one person knows how to reach her - and he's in as much danger as she is.

A chance discovery leads Tina to abandon her South Carolina hideaway in search of her old flame, undercover FBI Agent Zeke Chapman. What is Zeke doing in Paris, France? And what is his connection to the disappearance of American college student Ryan Whittier?

En route to Paris in search of answers, Tina realizes that someone is on her trail: someone who's getting disturbingly close. Has she been set up.?