GENRE:
Thriller
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BLURB:
When
a secret webcam is found in the Georgetown bedroom of a murdered
high-society call girl, everyone in Washington, DC wants the
recording...especially the killer.
After
a high-society call girl is brutally murdered in her Georgetown home,
investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom.
One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is
a webcam with an encrypted connection...and no-one knows who's on the
other end. Whoever has the recordings has embarrassing leverage
against some of the most powerful men in DC, not to mention a video
of the murder showing the identity of the killer.
FBI
Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by beleaguered FBI Director
Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder
because of the murder's similarity to a case she worked a year
earlier. Allison knows the most direct path to apprehending the
killer is to find the videos, but rumors that the victim's client
list may include some of Washington's most powerful men makes her
doubt the director's motives. As she starts her investigation, she
quickly discovers that she's not the only one pursuing the
recording...but that the most aggressive person racing against her
might be the murderer himself.
Excerpt
:
The two
members of the tactical squad approaching from the front reached the
deck that wrapped around the front of the building. As they strode
across it, the old wood floorboards groaned. The men froze. The
seconds stretched out. Allison became suddenly aware of the hum of
insects in the air around her. The dampness of her own skin. The
sound of a bird calling in the distance. All of her senses were wired
tight. An entire year of her life was wrapped up in the next few
seconds. And if she’d got it wrong, Garret would have the ammo he’d
been looking for to get her out of his unit once and for all. But she
wasn’t worried about herself. What really bothered her was the
chance that she had it right, that this was Kraw’s hideout, but
that somehow they’d spooked him and he’d already slipped away. If
that had happened, he’d be hundreds of miles away by tomorrow,
scouting for his next victim as he traveled.
Movement
in the cabin. Just a flutter. Like a bird trapped in a cage. Only her
intuition told her it was more than a bird. It had been an arm. A
human arm. Sam Kraw.
Based on
the lack of movement from the tactical team, she realized no one else
had seen it.
“I’ve
got movement,” she whispered into her mic. “Window to the right
of the front door. An arm.”
“I
didn’t see anything,” Garret whispered.
Allison
ignored him. The men around the cabin responded immediately,
reorienting to the front door. Guns pointed at the window.
One of
the men produced a miniram, a high impact, brute force breaching
tool. Coordinating with his partner, he crouched next to the door
while the other man readied a flash-bang grenade.
There
was a pause, as if someone had pressed a button on a TV remote.
Everyone was in place. The air seemed to still as if the world knew
something was about to happen. Allison had her binoculars trained on
the window where she’d seen the movement. If Kraw was inside, then
the nightmare was almost over. She’d know in a few seconds whether
that was the case or not.
But in
that second, she saw the movement again.
Only
this time, she knew something was wrong.
It was a
man’s arm, she saw it clearly this time. But it was too stiff. The
color was off. And, attached at the shoulder, she saw a coil of wire.
A
mannequin arm on a spring.
Meant to
make them think someone was inside.
It was a trap.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Jeff
Gunhus is the author thriller and horror novels for adults and the
middle grade/YA series, The Templar Chronicles. The first book, Jack
Templar Monster Hunter, was written in an effort to get his reluctant
reader eleven-year old son excited about reading. It worked and a new
series was born. His books for adults have reached the Top 100 on
Amazon and have been Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalists.
After
his experience with his son, he is passionate about helping parents
reach young reluctant readers and is active in child literacy issues.
As a father of five, he leads an active lifestyle in Maryland with
his wife Nicole by trying to constantly keep up with their kids. In
rare moments of quiet, he can be found in the back of the City Dock
Cafe in Annapolis working on his next novel.
Website:
http://www.jeffgunhus.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jeffgunhus
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