Who Lies in Wait

<p>You can run but you can't hide ... forever.</em></p><p></p><p>On a cold January evening Detective Liam Hunter and his partner are called to investigate the discovery of a woman's body in the woods on the outskirts of Ottawa. She's the missing fiancée of a wealthy businessman twice her age who claims to know nothing about her murky past.</p><p></p><p>That same evening a young woman escapes from a downtown condo where she's been held captive. Eighteen-year-old Sara McGowan takes the fleeing woman under her wing only to become the target of the trafficking ring desperate to get her back.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile reporter Ella Tate is attempting to track down an anonymous source who claims to have evidence of illegal activity that implicates people in high positions - people who will do anything to protect their reputations.</p><p></p><p>The stakes mount and lives collide as Hunter and Tate desperately work to solve a murder with tentacles more far-reaching than either can imagine.</p><p></p><p>The question is: who will survive this web of secrets unscathed?</p><p></p><p><strong>Reviews: </strong></p><p></p><p>Who Lies in Wait Brenda Chapman's riveting new Hunter and Tate mystery opens at night in a frozen forest outside Ottawa. You can almost feel the frost as Detective Liam Hunter and his partner view the body of a murdered woman. Chapman's evocation of winter is so vivid that it's almost a character. The story is littered with red herrings and unexpected twists. This compulsively readable tale will keep you up past your bedtime as you try to unravel the mesmerizing mystery. <strong>- Don Butler author of Norman's Conquest</strong></p><p></p><p>With WHO LIES IN WAIT</em> Brenda Chapman's fourth novel in her Hunter and Tate mystery series the Ottawa author has crafted a twisty expertly plotted page turner grounded in a wonderfully evocative sense of place with richly developed characters that confirm Chapman's place as one of Canada's doyennes of crime fiction. <strong>- John Delacourt author of The Black State</strong></p><p></p><p>The story is complex and compelling while further developing the various characters and their arcs. So well done! </em><strong>- Allister Thompson Editor</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>