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Tucking her daughter into her hospital bed, Gail sent up a silent prayer. Her daughter’s heart is failing and without this life-saving operation she will die. But soon her peace is shattered when a nurse races into the room: “Lock the doors, close the blinds. The hospital’s in lockdown. We have a shooter.”
As a top negotiator for the FBI, Special Agent Sandra Vos is skilled at talking hostage takers down. But when four gunmen storm into Founders Hospital, plunging it into lockdown, she knows just how many lives depend on her.
With a total communications blackout and every aspect of the attack carefully planned out, it appears to have been an inside job. But when a surprise call comes from a victim trapped inside, Sandra realizes the situation is even worse than she imagined. A four-year-old girl is scheduled for life-saving heart surgery. If doctors can’t get to her by tonight, she will die.
With more pressure to bring this incident to a swift end, gunfire rings out, and it’s clear the hostage takers are prepared to kill to get what they want. But just when Sandra thinks all is lost, she learns the hostage takers’ motive is very personal.
Can Sandra use this information to urge them to surrender? Can she even meet their demands? With the clock ticking and countless lives at stake, this will be Sandra’s most heartbreaking negotiation yet.
A totally gripping mystery thriller perfect for fans of Kendra Elliot’s Mercy Kilpatrick series, Mary Stone and Elle Gray.
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My Review
The second Sandra Vox book in the series, and I was so happy to return to Sandra and her world of hostage negotiating. It may be part of a series, but it easily reads as a standalone. I have always enjoyed books by this author, and in particular, the first book in this series. The fact that she is a top hostage negotiator for the FBI makes this series even more intriguing.
I love the fast-paced, edge-of-my-seat feel of these books. Sandra has her work cut out for her with a hostage situation at the hospital. There are several hostages, including a four-year-old young girl who needs her scheduled heart transplant that evening. The pressure is on, and the reader is by Sandra’s side throughout.
As Sandra and her team attempt to work out the reasons for the hostage-takers being in the hospital, the reader gets to learn more about Sandra’s personal life too. This adds so much depth to the character and makes her even more lifelike.
Carolyn Arnold brings highly emotive subjects into this storyline and deals with them so well. My heart was in my mouth as I tore through this book! The adrenaline was racing as the story unfolded. Such skillful storytelling by an author who knows how to keep a reader gripped!
Author Bio
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Carolyn Arnold was born in a small Canadian town and enjoys spending time outdoors, but she also loves the lights of a big city. Grounded by her roots and lifted by her dreams, her overactive imagination insists that she tell her stories. Her intention is to touch the hearts of millions with her books, to entertain, inspire, and empower. As an international bestselling and award-winning author, she has several continuing fiction series, including her popular Detective Madison Knight series. She offers readers nearly three dozen published books in genres ranging from crime thrillers and hard-boiled mysteries to cozy mysteries and action adventures. She currently lives north of London, Ontario, with her husband and two beagles.
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