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:
“Alpha team in position,” said a
voice through the small speaker in her ear. She noticed Garret put a finger to
the side of his head and nod. He looked over at her.
“You better be right about this,”
he whispered.
Allison shook her head. For all
his brilliance—and, regardless of how she felt personally about him, she
recognized that he was brilliant—Garret’s transparency could border on the
inane. What he was really saying was that if the lunatic Allison’s research had
tracked to this location wasn’t holed up in this backwoods cabin, if the FBI’s
Hostage Rescue Team had been activated and deployed for no reason, then the
blame would drop on her like a bag of bricks. If Sam Kraw was in there, Allison
knew it would be Garret standing in front of the cameras taking credit for the
HRT mission and the capture of America’s most wanted fugitive.
She pushed the thought away. As
long as they caught the bastard and ended his multi-year killing spree in the
Southeast, she didn’t give a damn who got the credit.
Allison moved her binoculars. The
tactical team was in place around the cabin, peering through scopes with
infrared capabilities. If there was someone hiding in the shadows of a window
or doorway, they wouldn’t be hiding for long.
On some signal unseen by Allison,
the men began a steady, crouched advance to the building. She realized she was
holding her breath so she blew out her air slowly between pinched lips.
“Relax, McNeil,” Garret muttered.
“You’re making me nervous.”
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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.
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