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Class reunions can be a killer

“When the police found the body, they… God. The murderer – Evan, after he killed her, he x-rayed her.” Abbie’s voice broke. “He took a snapshot of the damage he inflicted inside her skull. As a souvenir.”

My throat was dry. “Do you own a gun?”

“No. The kids.”

“Have you thought about taking the kids and getting out of town?” I said.

“You sound scared. That’s bad.”

“I’m not scared. I’m goddamned terrified.”

My class wasn’t unlucky. We were prey.

School’s out forever…

And the class reunion is a killer. Because something, or someone, is eliminating Evan Delaney’s graduating class.

For Evan, China Lake was a tough place to grow up. But she didn’t realize just how tough until, returning to the desert military base for her high school reunion, she discovers that a disturbing number of her classmates have died young.

And the night of the reunion, another one is savagely butchered. She is just the first.

There’s a serial killer on the loose. One with a major axe to grind with China Lake high school graduates…

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