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Dead Aim by Iris Johansen |
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COLORADO_FICTION NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION FICTION_SUSPENSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iris Johansen, who has more than twenty million copies of her books in print, has won many awards for her achievements in writing. The bestselling author of Fatal Tide, No One to Trust, Dead Aim, Final Target, Body of Lies, The Search, The Killing Game, The Face of Deception, And Then You Die, Long After Midnight, and The Ugly Duckling, she lives near Atlanta, Georgia, where she is currently at work on a new novel. She Witnesses Death Through the Eye of Her Camera.... Now A Relentless Killer is Focused on her. What happens when a reporter does more than just report? What happens when she becomes the story? A celebrated photojournalist, Alex Graham has recorded some of the world's most tragic and heartbreaking stories. But her latest assignment has forced her across a dangerous line. At a dam collapse in Arapahoe Junction, Colorado, Alex witnesses a conspiracy that will shock a nation-if she can stay alive long enough to reveal the truth. For the collapse of the Arapahoe Dam was not an accident. The official story is just a cover-up for a truth so frightening, so unthinkable, that Alex must be silenced. Forever. Her only ally is Judd Morgan, an ex-covert commando with a checkered past and a team of assassins at his heels. Now she's marked for death by an enemy who never misses, never forgives, never gives up, and who's already got her centered...dead aim. Arapahoe Junction, Colorado October 15 'I know I'm late, dammit.' Alex Graham's hand clenched on her cell phone. 'I'll get those pictures to you as soon as I can.' 'You'd get them to me sooner if you'd stop working in the rubble and start taking pictures of those rescue workers whose job it is to do it,' Jim Karak said sarcastically. 'Old news is no news, Alex. That dam broke almost a week ago and the magazine goes to press in two days.' 'They're still digging survivors from the landslide caused by the dam break.' 'Then you should be taking warm, heroic pictures instead of manning a shovel. You're breaking one of the cardinal rules. You're becoming part of the story.' 'There may be people alive beneath that--' It was no use. Karak had one priority and that was the story. 'You'll get the pictures.' She hung up and leaned back against the wall and rubbed her temple. God, she was tired. She'd be lucky if Karak didn't call her back and tell her to find another magazine to publish her work. She wasn't being fair and certainly not professional. If she hadn't had a decent track record before this, Karak would have dumped her days ago. 'Problems?' Sarah Logan and her dog, Monty, were standing in the doorway of the trailer. 'A few.' Alex grimaced as she rose to her feet. 'It seems I'm not doing my job. I'm not focusing on what's important.' 'You could have fooled me.' Sarah filled Monty's bowl with water and sat down on the floor beside him while he drank. 'We found a baby alive in that hellhole this morning. I'd say that was pretty important.' 'Me too.' Alex smiled. 'Screw Karak.' Sarah didn't return her smile. 'I don't want you to lose your job, Alex. I know how much your work means to you. There are other volunteers out there helping to dig.' Alex lifted her brows. 'Oh, then you have too much help?' 'You know there's no such thing in a disaster like this. We have to work fast or-- Okay, we need you. I just don't want you to be hurt. God knows there's enough pain in this world.' And Sarah Logan witnessed a good deal of it, Alex thought. She and her golden retriever, Monty, were in a canine search-and-rescue team, and Alex had run across her on half a dozen disaster sites during the last five years. In the horror of natural and man-made tragedies, a strong bond of friendship had been forged. 'I'll be okay.' 'Your editor is right. This isn't your job.' She shook her head. 'Look at you. You're covered in dirt from head to toe. Your hands are bleeding from that shovel and you haven't slept in twenty-four hours.' 'Have you?' Sarah ignored the question. 'And it's more than your hands that are bleeding. Take a step back, Alex. It will break you if you get too close to it. Believe me, I know.' 'It's not as though I haven't been to other disaster sites.' 'But then you weren't as involved. You were taking photographs and helping in the first-aid tent. You weren't uncovering the bodies of people you hoped would be alive.' She didn't want to think of those bodies. There had been too many in the last few days. 'Yet you do it all the time. You could stay home and live soft and yet, every time there's a call, you and Monty are off and running. I'm surprised your husband doesn't raise hell.' 'He doesn't like it, but he understands.' Sarah frowned. 'But we're not talking about me. I've watched you work and there's no one more dedicated. You love what you do and you've told me a dozen times that your job is to tell the story. Don't get sidetracked.' 'I'm not sidetracked. I'll get it done.' She bent down and s “Smoothly written, tightly plotted, turbocharged thriller … Johansen doesn’t miss.” --Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition. The #1New York Timesbestselling author Iris Johansen returns with an electrifying and all-too-plausible thriller that pushes the level of suspense to the maximum and never lets up. From the tense opening scene to the final explosive page, Johansen delivers a knockout novel, as an unlikely pair of allies must expose a team of killers hiding behind an unspeakable act of terror--and risk ending up their next target. She witnesses death through the eye of her camera. Now a relentless killer is focused on her. A celebrated photojournalist, Alex Graham has seen it all--but her latest assignment has forced her across a dangerous line. What happens when a reporter does more than just report? She has recorded some of the most tragic and heartbreaking of catastrophes, everything from natural disasters to infamous acts of terror. Her experiences have left her forever marked with the human side of tragedy. So when a dam breaks in Arapahoe Junction, Colorado, Alex is once more at the site doing more than just snapping pictures--she is in the mud with a shovel digging for survivors. What happens when the reporter becomes the story? Alex finds more than she bargained for. In one terrible instant, she is witness to a conspiracy that will stun a nation. The official story is just a cover-up for a truth so frightening, so unthinkable, anyone who threatens to reveal it must be silenced. Forever. And now that someone is Alex Graham. The first attempt on her life is swift and brutal. Only barely escaping, she finds an ally in an improbable source. Billionaire financier John Logan has his own reasons for protecting Alex, and these reasons alone are likely to get her killed. Using his vast connections and influences, Logan assigns a bodyguard to protect her. Judd Morgan is the best covert commando in the business, and if anyone can keep Alex safe, it’s this quietly dangerous man. The problem is, Alex doesn’t want to be kept safe by Judd, whose checkered past has made him the target of an unseen assassin who dogs his every step. From the Hardcover edition. Photojournalist Alex Graham witnesses the collapse of the Arapahoe Dam in Colorado, but it was no accident. The official story is just a cover-up for a truth so unthinkable that Alex must be silenced. Now a relentless killer is focused on her. |
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