A billionaire Presidential candidate extinguished before his time¿Five terrorist attacks meant to bring America to her knees ¿The U.S. ready to retaliate with all her might...THE BODY OF PRESIDENTIAL candidate ¿Skipper¿ Goodman turns up in the snowy mountains of Utah, near the small town of Truman, nine months after his private jet vanishes en route to D.C.Despite orders to the contrary, Truman¿s local coroner cannot resist the temptation to probe the most famous guest to ever cross his table.Within an hour of the body¿s discovery, Colonel James Merkett and a strike team are racing toward Truman in an effort to contain the ¿Goodman problem¿ before it can spread any further.ANXIOUS TO BE HOME after a week away, Alex Summers and her closest friend, Marie Matthews, are horrified to learn that seven people in their sleepy little town have died mysteriously while they were out of touch. All the deaths occurred within hours of Goodman¿s body arriving at the coroner¿s office. Could there be some connection? Are the rest of their friends and family in danger? The women embark on a mission to find out, but their search for clues turns up a handful of scrap and more questions¿questions that someone doesn¿t want them to ask.Alex and Marie soon find themselves in a frantic flight to save their very lives, pursued by men with murderous intent. Marie Matthews is determined to unravel the lies that are choking the life out of her town, or die trying. What no one knows, including Alex, is that Marie Matthews is a woman with deadly secrets of her own.