Nowhere to Hide

Marissa Gray’s world was shattered when her best friend, Gretchen, was brutally murdered. Back then, Marissa tried to convince authorities that Dillon Archer was the killer. But her eyewitness statement wasn’t enough—and Dillon disappeared. Now a successful journalist, Marissa is back to help her family during a time of need. After years away from Aurora Falls, she finally feels the past is safe behind her. Until a terrifying hooded figure causes Marissa’s car to swerve off a snow-slick road, nearly killing her.Once again, no one wants to believe Marissa’s story—not her sensible sister Catherine, and certainly not her ex-fianc? Eric, who happens to be the town’s deputy chief of police. But other strange happenings are afoot...and a terrifying sequence emerges in which old friends of Gretchen’s start turning up dead. As Marissa desperately races to uncover Aurora Falls’s secret history, someone is two steps ahead, concealed in every taunting clue—and waiting to silence one inconvenient witness forever... Marissa Gray was a happy twenty-one year old, engaged to handsome Eric Montgomery, who was the brother of her best friend, Gretchen. When Gretchen died under unusual circumstances, Marissa, an eyewitness to her death, claimed it had been murder at the hands of another friend, Dillon Archer. Unfortunately, another eye witness gave an account that contradicted Marisa's own, and Gretchen's death was labeled an accident. Eric not take Gretchen's death well, and broke off his engagement with Marissa, who then moved to Chicago to start her life anew. Now, four and a half years later, Marissa returns to her home town of Aurora Falls, a successful journalist, and gets a job working for the local gazette. While on her way to cover a local story, a hooded figure wearing a mask and wig forces her off the road during a snowstorm and almost causes her death. This incident brings her once again into contact with Eric Montgomery, who is now the acting Chief of Police. When she recounts what happens to her, no one quite believes her, until a series of horrific deaths occur, involving people with whom Marissa and Gretchen had once been friends. Someone in Aurora Falls most definitely wants to see Marissa dead, as well, but who could it be? The reader will enjoy trying to solve the mystery and will be surprised by the labyrinthine turn of events at the end. Though the ending seems a little far-fetched, this is a suspense filled mystery that will certainly keep the reader turning the pages. "Who wants to kill Marissa Gray? After Marissa, a beautiful young journalist who recently returned to her once-sleepy hometown of Aurora Falls from Chicago, nearly dies when her car slides down an embankment one icy night, she's convinced someone is trying to murder her. After all, what else would explain the tall, horrifyingly masked figure who suddenly appeared in front of her car, causing her to swerve off the road? The only problem is, no one else - including Marissa's older sister, Catherine, and her ex-fiance, Chief Deputy Eric Montgomery - believes her. Forced to investigate on her own, Marissa digs into the town's turbulent past, returning once more to the night five years ago when she saw Dillon Archer shove her best friend, Eric's younger sister Gretchen, off the balcony of an abandoned church. No one believed her then, either, but now Marissa is convinced the mistakes of Aurora Falls' past are coming back to haunt them. One by one, old friends who were involved that night start to turn up dead. Can Marissa and Eric see eye-to-eye long enough to stop a sinister killer from burying his secrets forever?"--FantasticFiction.com Marissa Gray's world was shattered when her best friend, Gretchen, was brutally murdered. Back then, Marissa tried to convince authorities that Dillon Archer was the killer. But her eyewitness statement wasn't enough and Dillon disappeared. Now a successful journalist, Marissa is back to help her family during a time of need. After years away from Aurora Falls, she finally feels the past is safe behind her. Until a terrifying hooded figure causes Marissa's car to swerve off a snow-slick road, nearly killing her. Once again, no one wants to believe Marissa's story not her sensible sister Catherine, and certainly not her ex-fiancee Eric, who happens to be the town's deputy chief of police. But other strange happenings are afoot, and a terrifying sequence emerges in which old friends of Gretchen's start turning up dead. As Marissa desperately races to uncover Aurora Falls's secret history, someone is two steps ahead, concealed in every taunting clue, and waiting to silence one inconvenient witness forever. After Marissa Gray returns to her hometown, she nearly dies one icy night when her car slides down an embankment. She's convinced someone is trying to murder her, but no one believes her. Forced to investigate on her own, Marissa digs into the town's turbulent past. Marissa Gray saw Dillon Archer kill her best friend Gretchen but could convince no one she was telling the truth. Now a successful journalist, she returns to Aurora Falls to discover that Gretchen's old friends are being murdered and that someone is after her.