Overkill

• Author: Brown, Sandra

About Book

• Publisher: Hachette UK
• Pages: 368.0
• ISBN: 9781529341768
• GoodReads Rating: 4.0

Condition & Size

• Size: Format C (Large Format)
• Book Type: Paperback
• Condition: Excellent

Summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a riveting thriller where ethics and privilege are put on trialand the stakes for a former football player and an ambitious state prosecutor are life-and-death.Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for yearsnot since their volatile marriage implodedso he's shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and hedespite their divorcehas medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks away, letting Rebecca's parents have the final say.Four years later, Rebecca's attacker, Ebanthe scion of a wealthy North Carolina familygets an early release from prison. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state prosecutor, is determined to bring him to justice. Rebecca's parents have kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to changeif she were to dieEban could be retried on a new charge: murder.Kate's mission to send Eban back to prison for good depends wholly on Zach. It isn't lost on him that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca's murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects Kate's legal standpoint, but can't resist their ill-timed attraction to each other. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he's in, plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebeccaand the end of his freedom.