Gene Hackman, acclaimed actor and author of Payback at Morning Peak, โtakes aim at a clear target: telling a good storyโ (St. Augustine Record) in this gripping thriller that pits a devoted police sergeant against a predator who may cost her everything that matters.
โIโll say this for the last time. Take your hand off the shotgun.โ
In a tense standoff with a shopping mall shooter, Sergeant Juliette Worth has the suspect about to surrenderโthen in a few explosive seconds, she takes him down.
Usually a by-the-book cop, Julie has too much at stake to break protocolโuntil the mall killer pushes her over the line. Instead of kudos for saving his hostage, the Missouri State Criminal Investigation Unit hands Julie cold case duty. Among the forgotten files, she uncovers a disturbing connection between disappearances from years agoโall pretty girls, all presumed runaways. Now Julieโs instincts have her hunting a predator who is still very much active. Someone who pulls Julie into a harrowing chaseโby abducting her own daughter.
Gene Hackman, acclaimed actor and author of Payback at Morning Peak, โtakes aim at a clear target: telling a good storyโ (St. Augustine Record) in this gripping thriller that pits a devoted police sergeant against a predator who may cost her everything that matters.
โIโll say this for the last t...