Wake Me When It's Over

by Cheryl A. Head

First published 2018

Charlene "Charlie" Mack runs a successful private investigation firm in Detroit. She has earned respect through determination and smart business decisions. When clients offer her team $100,000 to prevent an attack on the Detroit Auto Show, Charlie takes the case despite its apparent impossibility. She assembles a dozen freelance investigators to help uncover the threat. The team discovers a complex conspiracy spanning multiple countries and numerous bank accounts. Identifying the masterminds behind the plot proves to be only the beginning of their troubles. Charlie and her investigators find themselves hunted as they search desperately for dozens of concealed explosives. The bombs are hidden throughout the venue where hundreds of people will gather for the auto show. Time runs out as Charlie's team becomes both hunter and prey in a lethal pursuit that will determine whether innocent lives are lost.

Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: hunter-and-prey, race-against-time

Setting: Detroit

Period: 21st-century

310 pages · Paperback · Bywater Books

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