In the tradition of Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter comes Chris NaroznyтАЩs Not by Blood, a tense and twisty debut thriller about the extraordinary measures one woman will take to save her family.
When Tina Evans gets a call from her brother in the middle of the night, she doesnтАЩt think much of it; sheтАЩs been fielding distress calls from Bill for the last twenty years, ever since the day their father killed their mother.
At first, this call seems just like all the others: BillтАЩs holed up in a Brooklyn drug den and needs her to come rescue him. But when Tina gets there, her brotherтАЩs nowhere to be found. Instead, she discovers the body of a private detective hidden in the junk heap out back. HeтАЩs been shot to death, and his gun is missing from its holster.
TinaтАЩs about to dial 911 when she receives a three-letter text message from a number she doesnтАЩt recognize: тАЬShh...тАЭ
Tina doesnтАЩt believe in coincidenceтАФthe death of this detective and her brotherтАЩs disappearance must be related. But how? Could it be her father pulling the strings from his prison cell? And is she willing to risk her own freedomтАФand her lifeтАФto uncover the truth?