Here’s the set-up:

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?

“I got hooked on LJ’s books after reading the first Detective Jackson book, but this is possibly her best novel yet.

“Former police detective Lara Evans is training to join a national competition called The Guantlet that is part reality show, part boot camp. The year is 2023. She’s older and shorter than a lot of the die-hard competetors, and not exactly a favourite to win, but she’s a compelling character you can’t help but root for, both in the arena and out.

“Then just as the contest gets into gear and Lara is carving out her place in the cut-throat media event of the year, a body is dumped at her feet (almost literally), and things take a sinister turn.

“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! “

About the Author

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.