Option to Kill

Nathan McBride, the most brutally effective thriller hero to appear in years (Ridley Pearson, author of Killer Weekend), returns in the third installment of one of the best new series in thriller fiction.When Nathan McBride receives a text message from someone who claims shes been kidnapped, it triggers a deadly chain of events that has the potential to haunt him for the rest of his life.Nathan will soon learn that nothing from his past could ever prepare him for the crisis hell soon be facing. The girls name is Lauren and shes just twelve years old. With virtually no experience with children, Nathans patience and compassion are about to be tested to their limits.In a violent confrontation, Nathan rescues Lauren from her kidnapper, but as he unravels Laurens story, he realizes his troubles are only beginning. She says shes in the Witness Security Program, and doesnt trust the US Marshals because she thinks theyre complicit in her abduction. Not only that, her stepdad was murdered last night.In a desperate and unlikely alliance, Nathan and Lauren must stay one step ahead of her kidnapper and the brutal mercenaries who will kill anyone who gets in their way. Played out over the course of 36 lightning-fast hours, Nathan and Lauren must learn to trust each otheror they wont survive.