Here’s the set-up for L.J. Sellers’ The Arranger, just $2.99 on Kindle:

The year is 2023 and ex-detective Lara Evans is working as a freelance paramedic in a bleak new world. She responds to an emergency call and is nearly killed when a shooter flees the home. Inside she finds the federal employment commissioner wounded, but she’s able to save his life.

The next day Lara leaves for the Gauntlet—a national competition of intense physical and mental challenges with high stakes for her home state. She spots the assailant lurking at the arena and soon after she lands in deep trouble. Who is the mysterious killer and what is motivating him? Can Lara stop him, stay alive, and win the Gauntlet?

From the reviewers:

THE ARRANGER takes us to the future. But not too far. There are things everywhere we can identify, and acknowledge the potential of actually being in our future. Sellers builds a believable world using perfect detail, and she peoples that world with engrossing, well-developed characters.   —  Peg Brantley

It’s a fast-paced thriller I didn’t want to put down. Sellers uses just the right balance of futuristic high-tech and gritty reality. I hope we see more Evans in the future. This series *must* go on!  —  India Drummond

The Arranger is a tight, well written thrill ride. Sucked in on page one, I read it in one sitting and was rooting for Lara the whole time. Sellers has offered up highly developed characters in a grim and believable future (2023) and thrown enough twists, turns, and obstacles of every variety into this gripping and completely entertaining novel. You won’t be disappointed!  –  Regan Black

View Amazon’s L.J. Sellers Page

I’m an award-winning journalist and the author of the Detective Jackson mystery/suspense series: The Sex Club, Secrets to Die For, Thrilled to Death, Passions of the Dead, and Dying for Justice.

My novels have been highly praised by Mystery Scene and Crimespree magazines, and all five are on Amazon Kindle’s bestselling police procedural list. I also have three standalone thrillers: The Baby Thief, The Arranger, and The Suicide Effect.

When not plotting murders, I enjoy cycling, social networking, and attending mystery conferences. I’ve also been known to jump out of airplanes.

For more about me, see my website: http://ljsellers.com

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