SLAUGHTER, KARIN
The fourth book in Karin Slaughteru2019s acclaimed Grant County Series.n nnu201c[A] page-turner . . . Slaughteru2019s plot has more twists than a Slinky factory and the charactersu2019 relationships are sharply drawn.u201d u2014People, starred review u201cScary, shocking and perfectly suspenseful.u201dnu2014BookPage---An officer is shot point blank in the police station lobby and sherrif Jeffrey Tolliver is wounded, setting off a terrifying hostage situation with medical examiner Sara Linton at the center. Itu2019s up to Lena Adams and Frank Going back and forth between present and past, The narrative takes place in two time frames: present and ten years prior to the shooting. The u201cpresentu201d narration evolves over one hour; the u201cpastu201d takes place over the course of a week. Lena will primarily get the present narration, working outside the station with Frank trying to figure out who the shooter is and how to resolve the hostage situation. Inside the station, Jeffrey has not been fatally wounded, but Sara knows he could easily die if the bleeding is not stopped. He drifts in and out of consciousness and through Sara and Jeffrey we get the past, and the case that leads up to the present day shooting.
