
Just A Shot Away
Description for JUST A SHOT AWAY by James Grady: IT BEGINS WITH FOUR BRUTAL KILLINGS... The elevator doors open. Within seconds, four bullet-ridden bodies litter the cold concrete floor of the underground parking garage. A Vietnamese woman, a businessman, A DJ, an accountant---complete strangers, their lives obscured by shadows, their murders a frustrating puzzle for Detective Sgt. Devlin Rourke. Suddenly, a witness surfaces, an eccentric woman, a nomad who can identify the killer, Rourke rushes her to secluded safety. But it is not safe enough. For the paid assassin is back on the job and he fully intends to give his employers their money's worth. What ties the victims together? Why were they hit? What's at stake for the killer? And how long can Rourke protect Rachel? Rourke's search for the answer takes him from the drugged glitter of the rock scene to Baltimore's mean streets to Orioles stadium, rocketing him toward a climax that rivals the author's famous SIX