During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for her generation.

"As an amateur PI with a bent moral compass, Ash McKenna is good at finding people but not at staying out of trouble"--

"A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist. In his home, investigators find pages of diatribes against law enforcement as well as ties to Mason's fiancě, FBI special agent Ava McLane. The victim was her informant - and had strong reasons to be paranoid. To Ava, Braswell's rants were...

"Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she's been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland's housing prices have nearly quadrupled in fifteen years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it's their last best chance to own their own home - and obtain the security they've never had. While she...