Stella Everett

Embry Archer used to be a detective. Now she's buried deep beneath the department she once worked within. Reassigned to the basement and handed a role she never asked for, Embry is tasked with leading the Innocence Project-reviewing cases long since closed. Most files blur into one. Until she finds The Everett File. Stella Everett is serving time for murder-the brutal killing of a man who had assaulted her girlfriend. The case seems straightforward. Open and shut. But something doesn't sit right. When Embry speaks to Stella's brother, Steven, the cracks begin to show. The story isn't as simple as the conviction suggests. Drawn in by instinct-and something deeper she can't quite explain-Embry opens the case and arranges to meet Stella in prison. Behind reinforced glass and guarded words, Stella is nothing like Embry expected. Reluctant. Intelligent. Hiding something-And possibly innocent. The more Embry digs, the more the truth unravels. Evidence doesn't add up. Motives shift. And the deeper she goes, the more dangerous the case becomes. Someone wanted Stella behind bars-and they may not want her getting out. Now, racing against time, Embry must uncover what really happened the night of the murder. Because if Stella Everett didn't do it… Someone else did. Read the case files of… Stella Everett.