Brooks & Banks
by PJ Mouchet
From FBI agents to law enforcement leaders, Willow Banks and Jackson Brooks are driven by duty—and haunted by the price it demands. Alongside their K9 partners, they take on cases that test not only their training, but their trust in each other.
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Set in the American South, this series blends authentic procedures with gripping suspense, following two professionals whose partnership deepens as their careers—and lives—are pushed to the edge.
For readers who want sharp, character-driven crime fiction grounded in the realities of life behind the badge.
VIOLENT ECHOES
FBI Special Agent Jackson Brooks thought he could leave the darkness behind. After walking away from the Violent Crimes Against Children task force, he retreated to Florence, Alabama, hoping for peace. But when two people are executed at a local restaurant, Jackson is pulled back into a world he thought he’d escaped.
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FBI Special Agent Willow Banks has one last chance to make things right. Haunted by her partner’s death, she’s determined to save the K9 her late partner left behind—an unruly dog the Bureau has given up on. Sent to Jackson for help evaluating the animal, Willow’s visit takes an unexpected turn when the quiet Alabama town erupts in violence.
With a corrupt police force eager to pin the murders on a homeless man, Jackson and Willow must confront their demons and trust each other to uncover the truth. Because in Florence, the real monsters aren’t always hiding in the shadows—they’re standing in plain sight.
DEEP WATER
The future looked bright until the past cast a dark shadow.
FBI Special Agent Willow Banks hasn't spoken to her eldest brother in three years—not since he betrayed her. Now Mason sits in a cell, charged with murder, and the evidence couldn't be more damning.
Alongside her fiancé, FBI Special Agent Jackson Brooks, and their two K9s, Willow returns to her South Carolina hometown, determined to prove Mason's innocence. But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous the case becomes—and what they uncover threatens more than just Mason's freedom.
When her own dark history surfaces, Willow is forced to confront secrets she thought were long buried. Mason and his three young daughters are now in danger, and Willow must find a way to help a brother she's never forgiven while keeping the past from derailing the investigation that could save them all.
NO SAFE TRAIL
Some trails lead to rescue. Others lead to something much darker.
FBI Special Agent Jackson Brooks has something to prove. His K9 partner, Ruby, is already a top-tier Search and Rescue dog, but convincing the Bureau she can also track dangerous criminals? That’s a different fight altogether—especially with a supervisor who seems dead set on seeing them fail.
What should have been a standard certification test turns deadly when a storm rolls in. The wilderness becomes treacherous, and something about this exercise doesn’t add up. But when Ruby picks up a trail that was never part of the test, everything changes.
With time running out and danger closing in, Jackson and Ruby must push past their limits, relying on each other to survive. Because this isn't just about certification anymore. It's about something much bigger. And if they don't get it right, someone may not make it off the mountain alive.