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Cole Leighton’s ordinary commute turns deadly when a woman on his bus is abducted in a chilling echo of the thriller he’s reading. The kidnapper, obsessed with the novel, forces the victim to live out its tragic narrative. Using the book as a grim playbook, Cole follows the clues, locates the beautiful Kenzie Jacobs, and stages a daring rescue. But the killer continues to rewrite the plot, and the after‑shock is that even a successful rescue does not guarantee safety. In this suspenseful tale of reader‑turned‑victim, the lines between fiction and reality blur, and the story’s ending remains anything but happy.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Jenness Walker
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