Deadline — John Dunning

When a circus tent fire calls Tribune reporter Dalton Walker into action, he's disturbed to find that an eight-year-old girl has fallen victim to the tragedy; even more troubling is the fact that no relatives come to identify the body. While searching for leads, Walker must juggle a second, presumably fluffier piece: the success story of a young Amish woman who left her pious home for New York and the chance to make it big as a dancer.

But not every big-city story is what it seems, and soon Walker is heading down a terrifyingly seductive path toward the truth, and the unrelenting DEADLINE