Jeffery Deaver 
Second Hostage 
A Colter Shaw Short Story

Two men. One gun. No escape.A gripping Colter Shaw short story from the master of suspense, with a twist you won’t see coming. A captive held at gun point.In search of a missing woman in Kansas, unique investigator Colter Shaw finds himself in the middle of a violent kidnapping that sends shockwaves through the rural community.An investigator running out of time.Someone has taken a local man captive and barricaded themselves in a lake-side property. The phone line has been cut and Shaw is the only person with a chance of getting the innocent victim out alive.A twist nobody saw coming.But before long the case takes an unexpected turn, and Shaw begins to suspect that the simple kidnapping has a darker purpose – one that might end with murder…