Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Wedding Dress Murder
by Avery Kent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An amateur sleuth on her way down the aisle, her two best friends, and a body in a ballroom.
Rancher Ashley Travis can’t find a dress that fits her style or her sass at an old friend’s bridal boutique, so she joins her besties at a bridal show hoping for inspiration. But the weekend goes from satin to sinister when a famous cut-throat wedding dress designer is found dead among the tulle and tiaras.
With suspects including bitter rivals, a demoted journalist with a grudge, an ambitious business partner, a scorned client and a put upon apprentice, everyone has something to hide…
Buried Secrets
by Denise Diana Huddle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Danger. Corruption. Passion.
When an explosion unearths human remains – and almost lands them in the morgue – historical preservationist Samantha Jordon and San Antonio police detective Nick Ballard reluctantly team up to investigate.
Since the case is as cold as the corpse, Samantha turns to the cutting-edge science of genetic genealogy to unravel the dark history of a gruesome unsolved murder and identify the body. But Nick is obstructing her at every turn. Then a targeted hit and run and a break-in force them to seek refuge in San Antonio’s forgotten historic sites and underground tunnels.
Despite their differences, Samantha is falling for the jaded detective. And Nick cares for her more than he should. But coming clean about his past—and the reason he’s been dragging his feet during the investigation—could end his career and put his deceased partner’s family in jeopardy.
A Little Fate
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
THE WITCHING HOUR. A kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god’s spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle…
WINTER ROSE. A young queen heals a wounded soldier on a remote island cursed with eternal winter—and warms her heart with the joys of true love…
A WORLD APART
Munich Wolf
by Rory Clements
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant standalone crime novel set in 1930s Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff must walk a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the Nazi party he despises.
MUNICH, 1935 – The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars.
What they don’t see – or choose to ignore – is the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home.
The Twist of a Knife
by Anthony Horowitz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“I’m sorry but the answer’s no.” Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books he’s splitting and their deal is over.
The truth is that Anthony has other things on his mind.
His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open at the Vaudeville Theater in London’s West End. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the opening night…
Home Before Dark
by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Victoria Cribb
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsí has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister’s name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.
But when the date arrives, Marsí is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsí and her penpal had agreed to meet.
November, 1977. Stína’s disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsí It’s from her penpal, and he’s still out there…
Buckaloo
by Deborah Chavez
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
HEARTS, FRIENDSHIPS, and DOGS
Harley Fremont is a woman with big dreams. For years she has taken her well-trained dog, Gemma, on dangerous adventures. The time has come for Harley and Gemma to relax a bit and take another path in life. Harley knows that the skills used on their previous outings can be taught to other dogs and their human parents. When her vision of a small ranch has been realized, Harley turns her considerable energy and desires to see the dog training academy of her dreams come alive.
Throughout Harley and Gemma’s adventures, they have made friends in states as far east as Washington, D.C. and as far west as Oregon. Those friends and more have assisted Harley and her fiancé, Bill Harris, with their engagement and in their home designing and ranch developing endeavors…
Somatic Therapy Workbook
by Ava Walters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
At this exact moment, your body is trying to tell you something – are you listening?
It doesn’t speak in words, but it IS communicating – through tight shoulders, shallow breaths, chronic headaches, clenched jaws, restless legs, sleep issues, gut problems, extra weight, fatigue, emotional numbness, a feeling of heaviness that just won’t go away, and many more.
These are somatic messages—your body’s way of saying, “I’m NOT okay.” And somatic therapy helps you understand and respond to these messages, enabling you to finally experience a true sense of calm and relief.
Billion-Dollar Ransom
by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.
A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready. There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers. Not a dime.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at Lolly Beach
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Eve Sawyer is expecting a fun summer vacation until the chef at a popular food truck is attacked. But he’s not the only victim …
Chef Blake Conway has been stirring up the locals with his campaign for a plastics ban on the quaint town’s littered beach. When Eve’s friend Cassie takes her to visit Blake’s crêpe food truck and they discover he’s being rushed to the hospital, the college journalism student can’t just stand by, especially after Cassie’s beach house is burglarized.
Beach Beat reporter Jake Thorne, who takes Eve on as an intern, mentors her while they race to find the answers…
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(An Eve Sawyer Mysteries)
Triumphs of Tenacity
by Yusra Mariyam
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Triumphs of Tenacity: From Struggle to Success is an inspirational memoir of resilience, women’s empowerment, and immigrant success that will uplift anyone facing challenges in life.
Born in Bangladesh and moving to the UK at just seven years old, Yusra Mariyam faced enormous obstacles—adapting to a new culture, overcoming academic failures, and balancing the demands of motherhood. As a homemaker raising six children, her dream of higher education seemed impossible. Yet, through sheer perseverance, determination, and self-belief, she transformed her life, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in International Business Management from Anglia Ruskin University…
If you enjoy inspiring biographies, personal growth journeys, and real-life stories of achievement, this book belongs on your shelf.
“A” is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments, she’s got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes.
A IS FOR ACCUSED. That’s why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she’s out on parole and needs Kinsey’s help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki’s bad name won’t be easy.
A IS FOR ALIBI…
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(Books A through E on Sale for $1.99 each)
Ben: Ben Mitchell/Titus Ray Thrillers
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Enjoy this box set of three fast-paced, full-length Christian novels featuring Ben Mitchell, a CIA covert operative mentored by veteran intelligence officer, Titus Ray, who serves as the first-person narrator of this award-winning spy series.
Ben in Love – Book 1
Ben in Charge – Book 2
Ben in Trouble – Book 3 #ad
Windslash: The Last Elemental
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $2.23 Rating: 4.9 #ad
10,000 years ago. On a mythical island.
Where powerful magic exists that is destined to be lost to the seas.
Timaeus is a Wind Student, training to be a Wind Elemental. It is through an extraordinary anomaly that it is discovered he can use more than Wind Magic, this marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure as he learns the extent of his abilities.
The Dark Elementals, malevolent and monstrous warriors, corrupted by Dark Magic, seek to revive a great evil that was sealed away long ago. After centuries of waiting they put their plan into motion, they invade Atlantis causing a war to break out, slaughtering Atlantis’ forces to find what they need to revive the great evil.
The Brimstone Wedding
by Ruth Rendell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In this “dark, hypnotic story of romantic obsession,” an elderly woman shares her disturbing secrets with a spellbound young caregiver (The New York Times).
Stuck in a loveless marriage and mired in a troubled affair, Jenny Warner doesn’t have a single friend in whom she can confide. Then she meets Stella Newland, a patient at Middleton Hall, the English manor-house-turned-nursing-home where Jenny works as a caregiver. Unlike most of the other residents, the gracefully dying Stella is elegant, completely lucid, and generously open to hearing all about Jenny’s life. Stella understands; she has her secrets, too.
Rizzoli & Isles
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Mothers know best . . . But who will listen?
Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder. Sofia Suarez, a widow and nurse who was universally liked by her neighbors, lies bludgeoned to death in her own home. But anything can happen behind closed doors, and Sofia seemed to have plenty of secrets in her last days, making covert phone calls to traceless burner phones. When Jane finally makes a connection between Sofia and the victim of a hit-and-run from months earlier, the case only grows more blurry. What exactly was Sofia involved in? One thing is clear: The killer will do anything it takes to keep their secret safe.
The Russian Witch’s Curse Collection Books 1-3
by Bridget E. Baker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
If you’re the kind of person who’s willing to try something DIFFERENT, then you might love this enemies-to-lovers horse-shifter romantasy series. Are you ready for stallion shifters, strong, possessive heroes, and smart, yet flawed heroines?
BOOK ONE: My Queendom for a Horse
BOOK TWO: My Dark Horse Prince
BOOK THREE: My High Horse Czar
Manhattan Is My Beat
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the bestselling author of the Bone Collector novels, soon to be an NBC series
Five feet two inches of slick repartee, near-purple hair, and poetic imagination, twenty-year-old Rune hasn’t been in Manhattan for very long. But she’s crafty enough to have found a squatter’s paradise in an empty TriBeCa loft, and a video store job that feeds her passion for old movies. It’s a passion she shares with her favorite customer, Mr. Kelly, a lonely old man who rents the same video over and over. The flick is a noir classic based on a real-life unsolved bank heist and a million missing dollars. It’s called Manhattan Is My Beat.
Code Girls
by Liza Mundy
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
Meet Me At Midnight
by Monique Brasher
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With a past she can’t escape and a love she can’t deny, this Cinderella’s story is far from over…
I was supposed to return to Enchanted Hollow under very different circumstances: free of my stepmother’s clutches. But thanks to a twist of, well, cruelty–I’m in charge of a high-profile celebrity wedding there. The catch? I have to execute it to my stepmother’s extremely high standards to get my life back.
Fairytale weddings and happily ever afters are my thing, so this should be an easy slam dunk. Except that my point-of-contact at Ever After Farms is my best friend’s older brother, Luke Jackson…
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Cupcake Queen
by Lee Hollis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
On the eve of her high school reunion, Hayley Powell dreads seeing the trio of mean girls who used to torment her: Sabrina Merryweather, Nykki Temple, and former prom queen Ivy Foster. These days Ivy wears a different crown as the cupcake queen—and flaunting her success is just the icing on the cake.
But maybe the prom queen should have been voted Most Likely to Die. At the reunion, Ivy is found murdered, cupcakes scattered around her. Is a killer out to teach the mean girls a lesson? As Hayley tries to get the scoop, she’ll have to be careful . . . or someone may be writing this columnist’s obituary next.
Murder By The Bayou
by Jim Riley
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lucky Stryker’s decision to skip school to go fishing takes a deadly turn when he and two friends witness the body of Louisiana’s wealthiest man being dumped into the bayou.
With millions at stake, the man’s wife – significantly younger than her children – has plenty of motives. The kids, with secret lives of their own, have ample reasons to benefit from Caleb Glover’s death.
This Louisiana murder mystery unravels a perilous web of deceit and greed in a culture known for its crawfish and jambalaya.
The 11th Hour Motel
by Beau Savage
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A blizzard’s coming – and it’s not the deadliest thing on the road.
Missy watches the blizzard approach her roadside motel with a mix of emotions – dread for the dangerous conditions it brings, and an intense longing for the warmth her late husband used to provide on cold nights like this. But for better or worse, Missy won’t be alone much longer.
Five unexpected guests are headed her way, desperately seeking shelter from the storm: a mortally wounded young man transporting stolen money, two hired guns hot on his trail with orders to bring the money back, and a young woman and her grandmother on a road trip to put the past behind them, totally unprepared for the perilous detour they’re about to take.
Witness Protection Collection
by H. L. Wegley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Book 1 – No Safe Place: When Randi, a world-class, middle-distance runner, literally runs into Matt on an Olympic National Park trail, she believes she’s found someone who can help heal her heart. But she learns Matt has secrets that threaten both her heart and her life. Matt is a prodigal trying to come home from the far country, but how much is he willing to give to restore his honor?
Book 2 – No True Justice: They forced Gemma Saint into witness protection, not to protect her, but to silence her. After testifying in a high-profile case, Gemma, a young intern at an influential media outlet, is forced into WITSEC by corrupt DOJ officials hoping to silence her. When Gemma’s testimony at a retrial threatens their elaborate conspiracy to control the upcoming presidential election. Gemma learns from her WITSEC Inspector her identity was compromised and someone in the DOJ has sent a team to kill her…
Book 3 – No Turning Back: When, Drew West, a young man much like her dead father, offers Beth Sanchez protection, will trusting him bring another massacre, one that takes her life too? How can a young cowboy from Central Oregon protect her from the vengeful leader of a Drug Cartel who wants her dead?
Faithless in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb, what looked like a lover’s quarrel turned fatal has larger—and more terrifying—motives behind it…
The scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wineglasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in. But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don’t add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fiancé as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the body—but why did it take an hour to report it? And why is she lying about little things?
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.52 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A Thrilling Mystery with an Adventurous Heroine
When Anne witnesses a man falling to his death on a London train platform, her curiosity is piqued by a piece of paper left behind, bearing a cryptic message. Her investigation leads her aboard a ship bound for South Africa, where she uncovers a web of international conspiracy, diamonds, and a shadowy figure known only as “”The Colonel.”” Along the way, Anne’s courage and determination are tested as she finds herself drawn into danger and intrigue.
Masked Prey
by John Sandford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. politicians in the latest thriller by #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford.
The daughter of a U.S. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures . . . of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of radical groups.
Sanctuary of Secrets
by Jenna Kattric
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
SHE’LL RISK HER LIFE TO PROTECT THEM… Seyla Tierney is all too familiar with the consequences of splintered trust. So when she lands a job as the manager of Safe Haven Exotic Animal Sanctuary in Lavender Creek, Ohio, she’s determined to improve the lives of the resident animals and rescue those who need help. If she can stay alive long enough, that is.
HE’LL RISK EVERYTHING TO PROTECT HER… When ex-Navy SEAL Jax Marcum returns to Lavender Creek bent on shutting down the exotic animal sanctuary responsible for his uncle’s heart attack, he doesn’t expect to find “the girl who got away” managing the place. But they’ll have to work together if they’re going to stop a predator far more dangerous than the animals who roam the sanctuary grounds…before they become the final prey.
Second Pocket First
by Gregory Grosvenor
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Issey considers himself a masterful and elegant thief. He’s just as meticulous with his lockpicking tools as he is with his ankle boots and slimming turtlenecks. He’s also easily confused, stupid, and maybe not so good at being a thief.
Unforeseen circumstances bring him back to his childhood town, the wonderland that is Vermont’s Bell River Valley. With the holidays on the horizon, he sets his sights on the town’s open doors. But just as his thieving begins, with accompanying shapewear and accessories, something unexpected happens—he falls backwards into becoming the town hero. The sudden hero role ushers in wealth, adoration, and a love interest so mysterious he hardly knows her name.
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.
Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.
The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.
Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers, shared a friendship that spanned the years that Eva Braun was Hitler’s mistress, yet never knew that the men they loved had opposing ambitions.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
You’ll Get Yours
by Gerald Hansen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A gruesome murder with a strange twist.
Supermarket shelf stacker Regina Steps has been strangled, stripped to her underwear, her body found straddling one of the cannons of Derry’s city walls. And why has the killer done that with her thumb? For seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin and the ragtag officers of the Major Investigation Team, it’s a homicide they’ve never seen the likes of before.
Middle-aged Regina might have kept herself to herself, but she always had a smile for everyone she came across. Who could have wanted to do her harm? Was she just unlucky?
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(The Derry Murder Mysteries)
First Lie Wins
by Ashley Elston
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.
The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.
Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn’t like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.
Children Of The Future
by Jane Suen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
2017 Indie Book Awards Finalist-Novella
2017 Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention Award-Children-Social Issues
2017 Silver Falchion Award Finalist-Best Fiction Tween/YA Mystery/Thriller
A bus of missing children, and a ticking clock – no one knows where they have gone…
A small yellow school bus pulls up in front of the little red brick schoolhouse. Telly, the bus driver, discovers all of the children are missing — all except one very frightened Billy who has hidden in a cabinet. Where is everyone? Telly and Billy are determined to find the answers.
The little town of Rocky Flats is stirred into a frenzy. Nothing like this has ever happened before! Where have the children gone? Why? As the clock ticks and the little town rallies together in the search, will they find the children before it’s too late?
Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Resurrection
by Joshua Hood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The first novel in an explosive new series inspired by Robert Ludlum’s Bourne universe, The Treadstone Resurrection introduces an unforgettable hero and the shadowy world that forged him…
Treadstone made Jason Bourne an unstoppable force, but he’s not the only one.
Operation Treadstone has nearly ruined Adam Hayes. The top-secret CIA Black Ops program trained him to be an all but invincible assassin, but it also cost him his family and any chance at a normal life. Which is why he was determined to get out. Working as a carpenter in rural Washington state, Adam thinks he has left Treadstone in the past, until he receives a mysterious email from a former colleague, and soon after is attacked by an unknown hit team at his job site.
Just A Little Further
by Joseph W. Pitha
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When you accidentally become the Empress of a galactic empire, you take all the help you can get, even if that help is in the form of nanotech aliens that give you powerful abilities with an unknown cost…
Fans of Space Opera like The Collapsing Empire, Ancillary Justice, A Fire Upon the Deep and Revelation Space will love Just a Little Further
Melody Mullen, a newly commissioned Electronic Warfare officer, volunteered to join the long-distance exploration ship Far Reach. Little did she know their journey would take them all the way across the galaxy. Melody’s touch of a mysterious artifact activated alien nanotechnology, giving her unique powers.
Little Bird of Heaven
by Joyce Carol Oates
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates is a riveting story of love violently lost and found in late 20th century America. In this novel, Oates returns to the Buffalo, New York, region to brilliantly explore the dangerous intersections of romance and eroticism, guilt and obsession, desire and murder. Little Bird of Heaven, a soaring work by the New York Times bestselling author and a nominee for the 2009 Man Booker Prize—one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards—is as powerful and unforgettable as Joyce Carol Oates’s previous acclaimed novels The Gravedigger’s Daughter and We Were the Mulvaneys.
When the Tempest Gathers
by Andrew Milburn
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A US marine and Special Ops Commander recounts his combat experiences through Iraq and beyond in this “powerful and beautifully written memoir” (The Washington Times).
These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force. Andrew Milburn takes readers on his journey from Second Lieutenant to Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul to directing multi-national special operations forces in the fight against ISIS. Through it all, he shares the hard-won lessons he learned, and shows how he put them to use in a complex fight against a formidable foe.
To Die For (6:20 Man)
by David Baldacci
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis.
Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he’s given. But this time it’s not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who’s under federal investigation. Instead, he’s hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy—the girl on the train.