Killer
Pursuit
by
Jeff Gunhus
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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
Allison
hardly noticed the dark clouds piled up to the west, marching forward
with silent deliberation over the Washington DC skyline. A cold
breeze kicked up dried leaves and sent them spinning among the
gravestones. The trees still held half their leaves, clinging to the
hope of a few more days of warmth, but even these were being ripped
away whenever the wind gusted.
She
wandered through the cemetery with her wool trench coat pulled tight
around her, the Louisiana heat a distant memory. The wind numbed her
ears and she wished she’d accepted the knit hat her dad had offered
her on the way out of the car, but it wasn’t bad enough to make her
turn back. The car was parked some distance away even though there
was an access road that led right next to the grave she was there to
visit. Her dad sat in the car’s passenger seat, there for company,
aware enough to know she needed this time alone.
And
that’s why she walked through the headstones alone, carefully
reading the names of strangers chiseled in stone as if she might
discover among them someone she knew. She wanted the time to herself.
And she wanted to put off the upcoming visit as long as she could.
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
The
book is on sale for $0.99 on Kindle or Nook
Killer
Pursuit on Amazon:
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Sounds like a great read.
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