Kristine Smith's Jani Kilian series:
Code of Conduct (1999)
Rules of Conflict (2000)
Law of Survival (2001)
Contact Imminent (2003)
Endgame (2007)
Code of Conduct:
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Smith's tightly plotted SF thriller debut is an ace, sure to appeal to readers who appreciate well-drawn characters and sophisticated milieus.
An ex-soldier and Commonwealth diplomatic liaison, Jani Kilian has spent the last 18 years working as a paper-pusher under assumed names, trying to stay ahead of her past. As a trusted member of a human diplomatic team once sent to establish relations with the alien idomeni, Jani and her team were caught in the middle when her commanding officer took sides in an idomeni civil war. Presumed dead during the conflict, Jani was captured and patched up with experimental idomeni augmentation in a secret and highly illegal idomeni/human research project. She's been on the run ever since she escaped, until her old lover, Evan van Reuter, now Commonwealth Interior Minister, tracks her down to ask for her help investigating his wife's mysterious death.
Now, without giving away her own identity, Jani must take on a dangerous task of finding the answers to questions someone wants to keep secret. Complicating matters, the information she uncovers stirs up memories of her own traumatic past. Smith balances a taut mystery with vivid characters and a complex, ever-evolving plot, a feat more experienced authors don't always achieve.
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It's a great series but it looks like the only way to get all but the most recent book is via the used route. Amazon hasn't even made them available on the Kindle, though B&N does have "Endgame" as a Nook ebook. According to a recent entry in her blog, she's trying to work out a deal to get the books reissued.
She's got a free prequel to "Code of Conduct" up here:
http://www.kristine-smith.com/index....-small-colony/