Nathan McBride, the most brutally effective thriller hero to appear in years Ridley Pearson, author of Killer Weekend , returns in the third installment of one of the best new series in thriller fiction. When Nathan McBride receives a text message from someone who claims shes been kidnapped, it triggers a deadly chain of events that has the potential to haunt him for the rest of his life. Nathan will soon learn that nothing from his past could ever prepare him for the crisis hell soon be facing. The girls name is Lauren and shes just twelve years old. With virtually no experience with children, Nathans patience and compassion are about to