A Short Time to Die

In this electrifying thriller two women from opposite sides of the country find their lives inextricably boundby blood by fear and by a merciless murderous revengeWalking home on a foggy night in rural New York Marly Shaw stops in the glare of approaching headlights. Two men step out of a pickup truck. A sudden desperate chase erupts in gunshots. And a terrified girl is on the runfor the rest of her lifeThirteen years later human bones discovered in California are linked to two missing people from Central New York. Sheriffs Detective Vanessa Alba and her partner dive into an investigation that lures them deep into the Finger Lakes region. There they find a community in the brutal grip of a powerful familyand a trail of dark secrets leading to the one family member who thought she got away. Held me captive from the first page to the last.Taylor StevensI couldn''t have closed the cover if my life depended on it.Lisa BlackGripping.Publishers WeeklyDisturbing tough fun to read.Utica PhoenixChilling and original.Eric Rickstad