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GONE IN THREE SECONDS 

Book 1 of the MIND HUNTER series

A HUMAN TIME BOMB HAS THREE MINUTES. CASSIDY CHORD HAS EVEN LESS.

GONE IN THREE SECONDS

A terrified woman burst into a Los Angeles ER with a fresh tattoo she swears she didn't get. The numbers on her skin are counting down.

 

00-03–BOOM

 

The explosion kills the victim and a nurse. Hours later, a businessman in the LAX baggage claim detonates the same way.

 

Former Blackhawk pilot, now a forensic psychologist, Dr. Cassidy Chord survived the blast that destroyed part of her leg, but nothing's prepared her to pit wits against a foe turning random civilians into walking weapons.

 

The terrorist has stalked and studied Cassidy, engaging her in his sick game–leaving gifts, clues, and disappearing pictures and text messages that turn her from FBI consultant to suspect.

 

As attacks escalate across Los Angeles, Cassidy goes rogue because the killer says, "Anyone, anytime, anywhere," and if you got it, you're gone.

 

Tick. Tick. Tick. BOOM

BLACK VALLEY

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"BLACK VALLEY is . . . utterly terrifying. Ferociously creative, twisting and curving like a serpent, this story kept me awake and turning the pages until the very end."
Best-selling Author
Tess Gerritsen

 

"BLACK VALLEY is an incredible story – I'm still reeling."
Best-selling Author
Douglas Preston


"BLACK VALLEY has it all--an ingenious premise, engaging characters, masterful storytelling, and hair-raising scenes that chilled me to the marrow. Jim Brown is clearly a rising star in this new golden era of suspense fiction."
Best-selling Author
John Saul

 

"Terror runs amok in BLACK VALLEY – a Dean Koontz – style thriller pulsating with suspense, intrigue, and a twenty-year old vendetta that rises (literally) from the grave."
Best-selling Author
Katherine Neville

 

"A classic page-turner, BLACK VALLEY is an intense, intelligent, fast-paced, first-rate thriller. Jim Brown's new novel will grab you on page one and keep you up late into the night-making your imagination work overtime after the lights are out."
Best-selling Author
Joe Weber

 

"Brown heaps on one outrageous twist after another, yet there is no doubt he knows his way around a nail-biter. His many cliffhangers teeter just right, his tone strikes a convincing balance between ominous and terrifying, and many of his characters are just quirky enough to strike fleeting doubts about their sanity."
– Publisher's Weekly

Author Jim Brown. Note: this photo was taken in a rare moment when he wasn't talking.