A stand-alone novel, releasing November 7, 2008

Novelist Darell Brooke lived for his title as King of
Suspense—until an auto accident left him unable to
concentrate. Two years later, recluse and bitter, he
wants one thing: to plot a new novel and regain his
reputation.

Kaitlan Sering, his twenty-two-year-old
granddaughter, once lived for drugs. After she stole
from Darell, he cut her off. Now she’s rebuilding her life.

In Kaitlan’s town two women have been murdered.
She is about to discover the third. The only possible
culprit? Her boyfriend, Craig, son of the town’s police chief.

Desperate, Kaitlan flees to her estranged grandfather.
For over forty years, Darell Brooke has lived suspense.
Surely he’ll devise a plan to trap the cunning Craig.

But can Darell’s muddled mind do it? And—if he
tries—with what motivation? For Kaitlan’s plight may be
the stunning answer to the elusive plot he seeks...