By Jordan Dane
Haunted and obsessed . . .
She sleeps with a Colt Python in her nightstand and her senses on alert—Jessica Beckett isn't really taking any percentages. Hiding a chilling mystery, dwelling in a global of snitches and felons, stable police officers and undesirable goals, Jessica is a bounty hunter who brings lowlifes to justice. yet no longer even she will think what she'll face while she tracks a web predator who has kidnapped a naïve teenage girl.
Making offers that can not be kept
Former NFL quarterback Payton Archer swore to his sister that he'd locate her merely baby. however the police don't have any leads, and the teen's path has became chilly. tormented by own demons, Payton's by no means thought of himself a hero, yet this time he has to be.
And battling a faceless enemy
Joining forces to save lots of the seventeen-year-old lady, Payton and Jessica notice that she's not anything yet a pawn in an insidious, terrifying international conspiracy. they are scuffling with a brand new type of felony . . . and shortly their race for solutions turns into a perilous fight for survival.
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Thanks for the concern,” Payton grumbled. He sat up in E VI L W IT H O U T A FA C E 49 bed and raked fingers through his hair. Every muscle and joint bellyached from old gridiron war wounds, a persistent pang made worse by his self-inflicted booze bullet to the brain. When Joe shoveled a fork full of eggs into his mouth—his eggs—Payton put two and two together. ” Joe shrugged without contrition. “And if you woke up dead, I wanted dibs on your stuff. ” Payton scrunched his face. ” Joe leaned back in his chair and looked around the room, as if seeing it for the first time.
Communicating with her these days is like talking to a stone. If I get any conversation at all, it comes in one-word mumbles with that annoying roll of her eyes. But you wanna know the worst thing? ” She gulped air, taking a breath hindered by a sob. ” The bitterness in her voice had melted away, transformed by a wave of prevailing doubt as he helped her to the couch and eased her down. “It’s been playing over and over in my head like some continuous loop that I can’t stop. Damn it, how did it come to this?
Baker had been taken into custody but was kicked loose. No arrest. So why were they still questioning Jess? Sam was digesting all the details of her friend’s encounter with Baker and the aftermath when she opened the door to the adjoining observation room. She found Chief Nathan Keller dressed in a pricy suit and standing in the darkened room with only the light from the adjacent interrogation room shining through the two-way mirror. He glanced at her with little acknowledgment and turned his attention back to the interrogation without saying a word.