Five Days To Live — Chris Thompson

Elizabeth Finch, Private Investigator; a hard working woman trying to do her best in a city that's all but rotten to the core, Carlson Flats. As she closes in on the end of one case, another is dropped right into her lap by an infamous fixer named Colson Walker. He has a reputation for solving problems in a way that might not be legal, but is definitely effective. This time, however, he wants the help of a true investigator to save a man's life.Chase Granger has gone missing, and according to Colson's mysterious client, he might not have long left to live. Although initially reticent, Elizabeth begins her own investigation into the disappearance of the affluent young man and finds threads that potentially connect him to another disappearance that ended in tragedy only a year prior.Convinced there's something worth following up on, Elizabeth and Colson press on with the investigation together. With every hour that passes however, Chase grows closer to his doom. The more they learn, the more disturbing the case becomes, with facts that twist and contort their perception of the motive behind the kidnapping and the possible connection to a murder. Ultimately, the only thing that Elizabeth can be certain of is that when he went missing, Chase had only five days to live.Five Days to Live is a non-stop thrill ride following a pair of unlikely allies that have to learn to trust each other in order to crack the case, mixing traditions from noir private eye stories with elements of procedural police investigations. Pick up your copy today!