03070cam a2200445 i 4500 1721225678 TxAuBib 20241118120000.0 240316s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496485090 hardcover 1496485092 hardcover 9781496485106 paperback $ 17.99 1496485106 paperback $ 17.99 (OCoLC)1426762446 TxAuBib rda Mills, DiAnn, author. Lethal standoff / DiAnn Mills. Carol Stream, IL : Tyndale House Publishers, [2024] ©2024. 357 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel" -- Cover. Includes discussion questions. Justice can be elusive. Family secrets can be deadly. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking in a volatile criminal case filled with unanswered questions. And Carrington Reed is running short on time to piece together clues that will solve the puzzle. Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed is called to the scene when reports come in that fifteen hostages are being held by the Kendrix brothers in an abandoned house in south Texas. When she arrives on site, Carrington quickly learns that the brothers are armed and refuse to release their victims, a group of undocumented immigrants, until the local police identify their father's murderer. Working closely with Levi Ehrlich, a handsome investigative reporter who has covered some of Carrington's negotiations in the past, she finds herself being undeniably drawn to him. Carrington digs deeper into the death of the Kendrixes' father and begins to notice that some details surrounding his death aren't adding up. As Carrington investigates the brothers' claims and tries to piece together their motive for taking innocent people captive, it soon becomes clear that they are trying to hide something and that revenge for their father's death may not be what they're really bargaining for after all. To protect the hostages and ensure the brothers don't carry out the rest of their sinister plot, Carrington must get to the bottom of one family's secret and the truth they're trying so hard to hide before time runs out. Award winning author DiAnn Mills delivers pulse-pounding romantic suspense about secrets, betrayal, and finding a path to forgiveness. 20241118. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Investigations Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Texas Fiction. Suspense fiction. fast Love stories. Romantic suspense fiction. gsafd Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Religious fiction. fast Romance fiction. fast Christian fiction. fast