Deadeye

Special Agent Luce Hansen's Thanksgiving vacation with her new lover, forensic pathologist Harper Bennett, is cut short when she's tasked with recapturing Deadeye, a vicious serial predator who has escaped custody. The timing couldn't be worse, especially when Bennett seems to be struggling with the realities of Hansen's work and questioning whether she's willing to risk building a life with a woman who puts work first, even when the job puts her in the line of fire.

Hansen can't put aside the chase even with her relationship on shaky ground. On the anniversary of Deadeye's first kill, two brothers are shot while jogging along a quiet country road. Before Deadeye can claim another victim, Hansen and her team must track a killer who has proven to be an expert at hiding in plain sight. The stakes, both professional and personal, get even higher when Hansen is cut off from her team in rural Ohio and must fight for her very survival. As Bennett frantically searches for clues to Hansen's disappearance, Deadeye's hunt draws ever closer to home.

About the Author
Doench, Meredith: - Meredith Doench is the author of the Luce Hansen Thriller series from Bold Strokes Books. Crossed, the first in the series, won Silver in the 2015 IndieFab Awards (Mystery). In 2017, Crossed was awarded the Mary Dasher Award for fiction, an honor for an Ohio writer from the College English Association of Ohio. The second novel in the series, Forsaken Trust, was published in 2017. Doench's works of short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals such as Hayden's Ferry Review, Women's Studies Quarterly, Lumina, and Gertrude. She was one of the founding associate prose editors of the acclaimed literary journal Camera Obscura: Journal of Literature and Photography. A native Ohioan, Doench holds a PhD from Texas Tech University in English/Creative Writing and currently resides in Dayton, Ohio. She is a lecturer at the University of Dayton in composition, literature, and creative writing. Learn more about Meredith Doench at www.meredithdoench.com or follow her on Facebook (https: //www.facebook.com/AuthorMeredithDoench) and Twitter (@meredithdoench).