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    "description": "Two men. One gun. No escape.\nA gripping Colter Shaw short story from the master of suspense, with a twist you won\u2019t see coming.\nA captive held at gun point.\nIn search of a missing woman in Kansas, unique investigator Colter Shaw finds himself in the middle of a violent kidnapping that sends shockwaves through the rural community.\nAn investigator running out of time.\nSomeone has taken a local man captive and barricaded themselves in a lake-side property. The phone line has been cut and Shaw is the only person with a chance of getting the innocent victim out alive.\nA twist nobody saw coming.\nBut before long the case takes an unexpected turn, and Shaw begins to suspect that the simple kidnapping has a darker purpose \u2013 one that might end with murder...",
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