Countdown

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When it reaches zero, you die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a relentless psychological thriller featuring a young woman ensnared in a web of secrets and pursued by a ruthless killer. The countdown begins as Jane MacGuire's life is shattered by a shocking attack. Was it a random kidnapping attempt, or is something more sinister at play? Determined to uncover the truth without involving the police, the FBI, or her adoptive parents—forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn of the Atlanta PD—Jane knows that those after her will stop at nothing to hurt her loved ones. On the run with Mark Trevor, a smuggler with his own hidden motives, Jane must navigate a dangerous path. Mark has his reasons for wanting to protect her, but Jane soon realizes he may be as dangerous as her pursuers. Obsessed with a two-thousand-year-old mystery, the killer is intent on destroying Jane's new life before it even begins. Orphaned young, Jane has fought hard for her second chance, but now the past is returning with a vengeance. The countdown is on, and time is running out faster than anyone anticipates.