RICK MOFINA 
In Desperation 

"A blisteringly paced story that cuts to the bone. It left me ripping through pages deep into the night."-James Rollins Elevenyearold Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they dont get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies.Journalist Jack Gannons estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help. Cora tells him about the shameful mistakes shes made but she guards the one secret that may be keeping her daughter alive.A twentyyearold assassin, haunted by the faces of the people hes executed, seeks absolution as he sets out to commit his last murders as a hired killer.In the U.S. and Mexico, police and the press go flat out on Tillys case. But as Gannon digs deeper into his anguished