Forest of Hope
(2026)(The tenth book in the Alexis Forrest FBI Mystery Thriller series)
A novel by Kate Gable
She solved the last case. The one behind it just found her.
FBI Agent Alexis Forrest has everything she fought for. A new role at the Portland Violent Crimes unit. A husband who knows exactly who she married and a baby on the way.
For the first time in her life, she has something to lose.
Then Claire Marsh's trial begins.
What comes out in that courtroom is worse than Alexis expected. Because Claire didn't act alone. Someone found her, recruited her, and built a system around her — wealthy men with heart conditions, careful marriages, clean deaths. A network that has been operating for years across multiple states without triggering a single investigation.
Until now.
At the same time, a new case lands on Alexis's desk in Portland. A woman found dead in her car outside a hotel, ruled accidental. A husband with an airtight alibi. And a detail so small that anyone else would have missed it.
Alexis doesn't miss things.
Now she's working two cases at once — the one in front of her and the one that's been following her since Broken Hill — while trying to be a mother, a wife, and the agent she always was before any of that existed.
Something is connecting the Portland case to Claire's handler.
She just can't prove it yet.
Perfect for fans of AJ Rivers, Mary Stone, and Melinda Leigh.
Genre: Mystery
FBI Agent Alexis Forrest has everything she fought for. A new role at the Portland Violent Crimes unit. A husband who knows exactly who she married and a baby on the way.
For the first time in her life, she has something to lose.
Then Claire Marsh's trial begins.
What comes out in that courtroom is worse than Alexis expected. Because Claire didn't act alone. Someone found her, recruited her, and built a system around her — wealthy men with heart conditions, careful marriages, clean deaths. A network that has been operating for years across multiple states without triggering a single investigation.
Until now.
At the same time, a new case lands on Alexis's desk in Portland. A woman found dead in her car outside a hotel, ruled accidental. A husband with an airtight alibi. And a detail so small that anyone else would have missed it.
Alexis doesn't miss things.
Now she's working two cases at once — the one in front of her and the one that's been following her since Broken Hill — while trying to be a mother, a wife, and the agent she always was before any of that existed.
Something is connecting the Portland case to Claire's handler.
She just can't prove it yet.
Perfect for fans of AJ Rivers, Mary Stone, and Melinda Leigh.
Genre: Mystery