Red, her best friend Maddy, and four other friends are driving a recreational vehicle through South Carolina on their way to spring break. In an isolated area with no cell service, all four tires are blown out by a sniper. The group is trapped inside the thin-walled vehicle while a hidden gunman demands that one of them surrender a specific secret they are hiding. As the eight-hour standoff progresses, the teenagers turn on each other to identify the target, uncovering hidden identities and past crimes that link their families.
Readers of claustrophobic mysteries and high-stakes survival stories choose this book for its real-time pacing and psychological tension. It attracts those interested in how stress reveals the darkest parts of human nature and the mechanics of a closed-circle puzzle. The reader walks away with a detailed understanding of how a single concealed truth can dismantle long-term loyalties and how desperation dictates behavior when death is a visible threat.
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
