Title: Killer Pursuit: An Allison McNeil Thriller
Author: Jeff Gunhus
Published: January 18th, 2016
Publisher: Seven Guns Press
Genre: Thriller
Content Warning: Violence and adult situations
Content Warning: Violence and adult situations
Synopsis:
When a high-society call girl is 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 connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection…and no-one knows who’s on the other end.
When a high-society call girl is 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 connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection…and no-one knows who’s on the other end.
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 the rumors that the victim’s client list may have included Mason’s political enemies has her worried about the director’s motives. As she starts her investigation, she quickly discovers that she’s not the only one pursuing the videos. In fact, the most aggressive person racing against her might be the murderer himself.
Excerpt:
“Alpha team
in position,” said a voice through the small speaker in her ear. She noticed
Garret put a finger to the side of his head and nod. He looked over at her.
“You better
be right about this,” he whispered.
Allison shook
her head. For all his brilliance—and, regardless of how she felt personally
about him, she recognized that he was brilliant—Garret’s transparency could
border on the inane. What he was really saying was that if the lunatic
Allison’s research had tracked to this location wasn’t holed up in this
backwoods cabin, if the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team had been activated and
deployed for no reason, then the blame would drop on her like a bag of bricks.
If Sam Kraw was in there, Allison knew it would be Garret standing in front of
the cameras taking credit for the HRT mission and the capture of America’s most
wanted fugitive.
She pushed
the thought away. As long as they caught the bastard and ended his multi-year
killing spree in the Southeast, she didn’t give a damn who got the credit.
Allison moved
her binoculars. The tactical team was in place around the cabin, peering
through scopes with infrared capabilities. If there was someone hiding in the
shadows of a window or doorway, they wouldn’t be hiding for long.
On some
signal unseen by Allison, the men began a steady, crouched advance to the
building. She realized she was holding her breath so she blew out her air
slowly between pinched lips.
“Relax,
McNeil,” Garret muttered. “You’re making me nervous.”
About the Author:
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.
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