Agent Tori Hunter Series: Book 8
Publication Date: September 5, 2025
In a cabin by a lake, a mother and father tuck their little girl into bed and kiss her goodnight. But they can’t enjoy the evening summer breeze—because this is no ordinary family on vacation. This is a family with nowhere left to run… and no one left to trust.
When FBI Agent Tori Hunter and Detective Will Braddock are called to a crime scene at a remote hunting cabin, they find blood everywhere. A small pink suitcase has been left behind, filled with children’s clothes and medicine. Has a family been murdered on vacation, or did they run just in time?
The team quickly tracks down the details of the family renting the cabin. But Braddock freezes at the last name. He claims to have never heard it before… but Tori can always tell when her partner is lying.
Furious that Braddock might keep something from her when lives are at stake, when two New York City detectives show up in Minnesota with questions for Braddock her fears are proved right… because there’s a murder case in Braddock’s past he never told Tori about. It took over his life just after his wife died, and forced him out of the city for good. Why did he keep it secret?
Tori has no time for games. Tracking down suppliers of the medicine from the cabin is her one lead to find this family before it’s too late. But with fingers pointing at Braddock, and her own instincts screaming that he’d never betray her or the shield, Tori will have to put her own career on the line to defend the man she trusts above all else—and find the real killer with a deadly score to settle.
A completely gripping crime thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestseller Roger Stelljes that will leave you breathless at the final shocking twist. Anyone who loves Kendra Elliot, Charlie Donlea or Mary Stone will be addicted.
When Will Braddock left the NYPD and his detective badge behind eight years ago, the move to Minnesota meant a fresh start.
Author Roger Stelljes delivers a twisty mystery thriller with Trust No One. As the eighth installment in the Agent Tori Hunter series, the story brings Braddock’s past to the forefront.
A bloody crime scene coincides with a man’s disappearance, opening the door for an NYPD team to arrive on Braddock and Hunter’s doorstep.
Told through alternating perspectives, the culprits are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the past covered. The discovery of a key piece of evidence serves as the catalyst for an action-packed investigation that threatens to topple a scheme involving money, drugs and murder.
With so many characters in play, I had to do some re-reading to ensure I was following the story. However, the author effectively orchestrates the momentum with plenty of action.
Trust No One provides an engaging mystery at the hands of Braddock and Hunter.
Roger Stelljes is the acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of pulse-pounding murder mystery and suspense novels, including the Tori Hunter and McRyan Mystery Series. Roger’s crime thrillers are noted for their fast-paced, yet intricate plots filled with layered and complex characters.
Roger started his first novel in July 2002 while on vacation in Minnesota’s Brainerd Lakes area and has been writing ever since. His debut book, The St. Paul Conspiracy, was nominated in genre fiction for the Minnesota Book Awards along with finalists Brian Freeman and William Kent Krueger. With his follow-up, Deadly Stillwater, where Vince Flynn hailed Roger as a “powerful new thriller voice”, he won the Midwest Independent Book Publishers award for commercial fiction.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Roger still lives there with his family. In addition to his work as an author, Roger is a partner in his law firm. Roger is an avid sports enthusiast and enjoys spending time outdoors boating, attending hockey games, and honing his golf game.
