Before Nicole Long became a prosecutor, she was a victim no one wanted to believe.

Fresh out of college and unsure what comes next, Nicole takes a job at her father’s powerful Louisiana megachurch. The salary is generous. The apartment is free. And charismatic pastor Seth Collins seems determined to help her succeed.

Until the man Nicole trusted uses his power to take what she never consented to give.

Reporting him should be simple. Instead, Nicole discovers how quickly a respected man’s reputation can outweigh a woman’s truth—and how easily the justice system can make a victim feel like the accused.

As her family secrets unravel and the case threatens everything she thought she knew about herself, Nicole makes a decision that will shape the rest of her life: if the system won’t deliver justice for her, she’ll learn how to deliver it for someone else.

Outcry Witness is the gripping origin story of prosecutor Nicole Long, revealing the trauma, ambition, and secrets that follow her into the Major Crimes series.