The Stolen Ones

In their fourth outing (after Kill Fee) Kirk Stevens of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and FBI agent Carla Windermere are working on a case involving sex trafficking of women "stolen" from Romania and other Eastern European countries. Hellishly transported in cargo containers to New Jersey, these women are distributed by truck like so much produce to places far and wide, including Walker, MN, where the escape of one of two sisters held in the "box" eventually results in the downfall of the entire operation. The escaping older sister, Irina Milosovici, meets up with Stevens in Walker after the police suspect her in the killing of a local deputy. She provides valuable information to Stevens to launch the widely spreading investigation that ultimately involves Windermere, reunites the sisters, and brings the hunt for their captors to a just conclusion.