Cold Spite, page 39
part #1 of Cold Justice® - Most Wanted Series
SINGLE TITLES
The Killing Game
Edge of Survival
Storm Warning
Sea of Suspicion
About the Author
Toni Anderson writes gritty, sexy, FBI Romantic Thrillers, and is a New York Times and a USA Today bestselling author. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense, Readers’ Choice, Aspen Gold, Book Buyers’ Best, Golden Quill, National Excellence in Story Telling Contest, and National Excellence in Romance Fiction awards. She’s been a finalist in both the Vivian Contest and the RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America, and shortlisted for The Jackie Collins Award for Romantic Thrillers in the Romantic Novel Awards. Toni’s books have been translated into five different languages and more than three million copies of her books have been downloaded.
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Best known for her Cold Justice® books perhaps it’s not surprising to discover Toni lives in one of the most extreme climates on earth—Manitoba, Canada. Formerly a Marine Biologist, Toni still misses the ocean, but is lucky enough to travel for research purposes. In late 2015, she visited FBI Headquarters in Washington DC, including a tour of the Strategic Information and Operations Center. She hopes not to get arrested for her Google searches.
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Useful Acronym Definitions For Toni’s Books
ADA: Assistant District Attorney
AG: Attorney General
ASAC: Assistant Special-Agent-in-Charge
ASC: Assistant Section Chief
ATF: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
BAU: Behavioral Analysis Unit
BOLO: Be on the Lookout
BORTAC: US Border Patrol Tactical Unit
BUCAR: Bureau Car
CBP: US Customs and Border Patrol
CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CD: Counterintelligence Division
CIRG: Critical Incident Response Group
CMU: Crisis Management Unit
CN: Crisis Negotiator
CNU: Crisis Negotiation Unit
CO: Commanding Officer
CODIS: Combined DNA Index System
CONUS: Contiguous United States
CP: Command Post
CQB: Close-Quarters Battle
DA: District Attorney
DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration
DEVGRU: Naval Special Warfare Development Group
DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
DOB: Date of Birth
DOD: Department of Defense
DOJ: Department of Justice
DS: Diplomatic Security
DSS: US Diplomatic Security Service
DVI: Disaster Victim Identification
EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
EMT: Emergency Medical Technician
ERT: Evidence Response Team
FOA: First-Office Assignment
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FNG: Fucking New Guy
FO: Field Office
FWO: Federal Wildlife Officer
IB: Intelligence Branch
IC: Incident Commander
IC: Intelligence Community
ICE: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
HAHO: High Altitude High Opening (parachute jump)
HK: Heckler & Koch (a German firearms manufacturer)
HRT: Hostage Rescue Team
HT: Hostage-Taker
JEH: J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI Headquarters)
K&R: Kidnap and Ransom
LAPD: Los Angeles Police Department
LEO: Law Enforcement Officer
LZ: Landing Zone
ME: Medical Examiner
MO: Modus Operandi
NAT: New Agent Trainee
NCAVC: National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NFT: Non-Fungible Token
NOTS: New Operator Training School
NPS: National Park Service
NYFO: New York Field Office
OC: Organized Crime
OCONUS: Outside of the Contiguous United States
OCU: Organized Crime Unit
OPR: Office of Professional Responsibility
POTUS: President of the United States
PT: Physiology Technician
PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
RA: Resident Agency
RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RPG: Rocket-Propelled Grenade
RSO: Senior Regional Security Officer from the US Diplomatic Service
SA: Special Agent
SAC: Special Agent-in-Charge
SANE: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
SAS: Special Air Squadron (British Special Forces unit)
SD: Secure Digital
SIOC: Strategic Information & Operations
SF: Special Forces
SSA: Supervisory Special Agent
SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics
TC: Tactical Commander
TDY: Temporary Duty Yonder
TEDAC: Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center
TOD: Time of Death
UAF: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
UBC: Undocumented Border Crosser
UNSUB: Unknown Subject
USSS: United States Secret Service
ViCAP: Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
VIN: Vehicle Identification Number
WFO: Washington Field Office
WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Acknowledgments
This is the twentieth Cold Justice® book!!! Kathy Altman deserves a lifetime achievement award for being the first person to read every single one of them. Thanks for always being there for me as a critique partner and a friend. And thanks to Rachel Grant for the excellent beta read and feedback (and also for being a wonderful friend). Appreciation to Tim Wheat for checking over and “roughing up” the Spanish in this novel. Any mistakes are mine.
Credit to my fabulous editorial team, Lindsey Faber, Joan Turner at JRT Editing, and proofreader, Pamela Clare (yes, that Pamela Clare!). What an amazing group of people I have to support me.
Eternal thanks to my assistant, Jill Glass, who is such a magnificent help in running the day-to-day business of being an author. Thanks also to my wonderful cover designer, Regina Wamba, for her gorgeous artwork. Kudos to Eric G. Dove for being the voice of the Cold Justice® books and for being such a lovely human being to work with.
Love and smooches to my husband—my personal hero—for doing all the things.
Cold Spite
Copyright © 2024 Toni Anderson
Cover design by Regina Wamba of ReginaWamba.com
Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-990721-77-9
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-990721-76-2
The characters and events portrayed in this book are purely fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Any real organizations mentioned in this book are used in a completely fictitious manner and this story in no way reflects upon the reputation or actions of those entities.
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