A determined mother becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep
a twenty-year-old secret buried in this blistering thriller, set during
the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New
York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back.
While driving along a suburban back road, Hilary Cantor, who's just lost
her job and whose deadbeat husband has left her to care for her son who
has Asperger's, witnesses a freakish accident when a deer suddenly darts
in front of the car ahead of her. The driver careens down a hill and
slams into a tree. Rushing to help, she discovers the car smoking, the
driver dead--and a satchel on the floor stuffed with a half million
dollars.
That money could prevent her family's ruin and keep her son in school.
In an instant, this honest, achieving woman who has always done the
responsible thing makes a decision that puts her in the center of a
maelstrom of unforeseeable consequences and life-threatening
recriminations. It isn't long before someone comes looking for the
money, and as they get closer and closer to Hilary, she is pulled into a
terrifying scheme involving a twenty-year-old murder, an old woman whose
entire life has been washed out to sea by the storm, and a powerful
figure determined to maintain the secret that can destroy him.
With everything to lose and putting everything she loves at risk, Hilary
joins up with a dogged police official from Staten Island who has his
own connections to the money and is dealing with his family's tragic
struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Together they must fight
to bring down an enemy who will stop at nothing to keep buried what that
money was meant to silence.
Everything to Lose is a propulsive thriller filled with tension and
unexpected twists. Pitting an ordinary woman against powerful and
desperate figures, this explosive and heartbreaking tale of suspense
will appeal to readers of Harlan Coben, Lee Child, and David Baldacci.
