No Bad Deed
A Novel
Heather Chavez
- A
- good
- Samaritan’s
- actions
- send
- her
- own
- plummeting
- into
- chaos
- in
- this
- debut
- thriller
- for
- fans
- of
- Harlan
- Coben
- and
- Lisa
- Gardner.Driving
- home
- one
- rainy
- night,
- Cassie
- Larkin
- sees
- a
- man
- and
- woman
- fighting
- on
- the
- side
- of
- the
- road.
- After
- calling
- 911,
- she
- makes
- a
- split-second
- decision
- that
- will
- throw
- her
- suburban
- life
- into
- chaos.
- Against
- the
- dispatcher’s
- advice,
- she
- gets
- out
- of
- her
- minivan
- and
- confronts
- the
- attacker.
- That’s
- when
- he
- turns
- on
- her
- and
- spits
- out
- a
- chilling
- ultimatum:
- “Let
- her
- die,
- and
- I’ll
- let
- you
- live.”A
- veterinarian
- trained
- to
- heal,
- Cassie
- can’t
- let
- the
- woman
- die.
- But
- while
- she’s
- examining
- the
- unconscious
- victim,
- the
- attacker
- steals
- her
- car.
- Now
- he
- has
- her
- name.
- Her
- address.
- And
- he
- knows
- about
- her
- children.
- Though
- they
- warn
- her
- to
- be
- careful,
- the
- police
- assure
- her
- that
- the
- perpetrator
- won’t
- get
- near
- her.
- Cassie
- isn’t
- so
- sure.The
- next
- day—Halloween—her
- husband
- disappears
- while
- trick-or-treating
- with
- their
- six-year-old
- daughter.
- Are
- these
- disturbing
- events
- a
- coincidence
- or
- the
- beginning
- of
- a
- horrifying
- nightmare?
- Her
- husband
- has
- been
- growing
- distant—is
- it
- possible
- he’s
- become
- involved
- with
- another
- woman?
- Is
- Cassie’s
- confrontation
- with
- the
- road-side
- attacker
- connected
- to
- her
- husband’s
- disappearance?
- With
- these
- questions
- swirling
- in
- her
- mind
- Cassie
- can
- trust
- no
- one,
- maybe
- not
- even
- herself.
- The
- only
- thing
- she
- knows
- for
- sure
- is
- that
- she
- can’t
- sit
- back
- while
- the
- people
- she
- loves
- are
- in
- danger.As
- she
- desperately
- searches
- for
- answers,
- Cassie
- discovers
- that
- nothing
- is
- as
- random
- as
- it
- seems,
- and
- that
- she
- is
- more
- than
- willing
- to
- fight—to
- go
- to
- the
- most
- terrifying
- extremes—to
- save
- her family.
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