by Nancy Bush
First published 2011
Liv Dugan steps back into Zuma Software after a routine lunch break and discovers carnage. Someone has gunned down every one of her colleagues. Only her timing kept her alive, but that luck may not last. Liv believes the massacre connects to her past and to a mysterious package from her deceased adoptive mother. She feels eyes watching her everywhere. Desperate, she forces a stranger to drive her to safety, spilling her story as they flee. The man doubts her at first but grows convinced that real danger stalks her. Together they dig into the secrets surrounding her adoption, her birth family, and a childhood she barely remembers. Someone buried a truth so dangerous they will kill to protect it. Liv must uncover what happened before her past catches up and destroys her future.
Genres: mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller, action, adoption
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Zuma Software
399 pages · Kindle Edition · Zebra Books