Winter's Divide: Winter Black CROSS Files (Winter Black Series Book 29)

In the first full-length CROSS novel, Winter Black and the newly formed CROSS task force take on their first major national threat: a coordinated poisoning campaign targeting the American food supply.

What begins as a suspicious cluster of deaths at a Tennessee fall festival quickly escalates into evidence of a far larger conspiracy. Someone has deliberately contaminated portions of the food distribution chain, weaponizing vulnerabilities in the nation’s agricultural and supply infrastructure.

As more incidents surface and the body count climbs, CROSS uncovers a highly intelligent adversary orchestrating attacks designed to expose systemic failures and punish those she believes allowed the public to be poisoned for profit.

The investigation pulls the team into the dark underbelly of food manufacturing, regulatory corruption, and nationwide distribution networks, revealing just how easily a single compromised ingredient can become a mass-casualty event.

Winter and her team race against time to identify the next target before the killer escalates to a catastrophic public attack, with mounting evidence suggesting children and families may be the intended victims of her final strike.

This story marks the beginning of a new era for Winter Black, shifting from serial killer investigations into high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional national threat response. The tone is larger in scope, more tactical and institutional, with themes of systemic corruption, public trust, fractured bureaucracy, and the hidden vulnerabilities beneath everyday life.