The Second Hostage

Jeffery Deaver

Book 1.50 of Colter Shaw

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin

Published: Jan 1, 2020

Pages: 53

Description:

Two men. One gun. No escape.

A gripping Colter Shaw short story from the master of suspense, with a twist you wont see coming.

A captive held at gun point.
In search of a missing woman in Kansas, unique investigator Colter Shaw finds himself in the middle of a violent kidnapping that sends shockwaves through the rural community.

An investigator running out of time.
Someone has taken a local man captive and barricaded themselves in a lake-side property. The phone line has been cut and Shaw is the only person with a chance of getting the innocent victim out alive.

A twist nobody saw coming.
But before long the case takes an unexpected turn, and Shaw begins to suspect that the simple kidnapping has a darker purpose one that might end with murder