Stranded

New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns with another action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, who is on the hunt for a "truck stop" serial killer. Tired travelers and weary truckers have stopped at rest areas on the nation's highways for decades to refuel, grab a bite, and maybe get some shut-eye, but one man's rest stop is another's hunting ground. For decades the defenseless, the weary, and the stranded have disappeared along the highways and byways, vanishing without a trace, but these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a madman stalks the freeways. When FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, discover the remains of a young woman in a highway ditch, the one clue left behind is a map that will send Maggie and Tully on a frantic hunt crisscrossing the country to stop a madman before he kills again. As the body count rises and Maggie races against the clock to unmask the monster who's terrorizing the nation's highways, she turns to a former foe for help since he seems to know just what the killer's next move will be. As she gets closer to finding the killer, it becomes eerily clear that Maggie is the ultimate target. Review "In her eleventh Maggie ODell entry, Kava shows mastery in constructing a plot with nonstop action, covering a time span of just over a week, with suspense rising to a nearly unbearable level in a climax in the Florida backwaters. Maggie is indomitable slogging through mud or water in search of clues and perps, inured to the sight of decapitated or eviscerated bodies, cool in facing a canny killer with a loyal supporting cast and hints of a new romantic interest. Prime escapism for thriller fans with strong stomachs. -Booklist, Starred Review About the Author Alex Kava is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Maggie ODell series. Her thirteen books, including two stand-alone novels, have been published in more than twenty countries, appearing on bestseller lists in Britain, Australia, Poland, Germany, and Italy. She is the recipient of the Mari Sandoz Award and a member of International Thriller Writers. She divides her time between Omaha, Nebraska, and Pensacola, Florida. Enter Series Index : 11 of 11 Test Search : Stranded / Alex Kava ES Group : Serified_E Test Compare Series to Entered: TEMPLATE ERROR Formatter: missing closing parenthesis near Dell Formats : EPUB ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Alex Kava Maggie O'Dell Number of Words in Auth: 2 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:B00B3GMI2I, barnesnoble:w/stranded-alex-kava/1112763660, goodreads:17189962, google:nd35AWoVHREC, isbn:9780385535557, mobi-asin:B00B3GMI2I Test Text Series Index: 11 Single Author : Alex Kava Raw Title : Stranded Compare Author : eq Sorted Author by LN, FN: Kava, Alex Calc Series Group : Maggie O'Dell Title Length : 8 Title Parm A : Stranded Calc ESI Combined : 11 of 190 Record ID : 1710 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Maggie O'Dell.Thriller.11 of 11..ICBF ES Name : Maggie O'Dell EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Alex Kava ES Genre : Thriller Calc New Series : Maggie O'Dell.... Calc ESI Part 3 : 11 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 11 ABook : E_Only Num of Aut : 1 In this thrilling installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Special Agent Maggie O’Dell puts herself in the path of a hurricane to investigate a mysterious murder.While the Coast Guard is preparing Pensacola Beach for a severe hurricane, they find an oversized fishing cooler filled with body parts tightly wrapped in plastic floating offshore. Special Agent Maggie O’Dell is sent to investigate, despite the fact that she is putting herself in the projected path of the hurricane. She’s able to trace the torso in the cooler back to a man who mysteriously disappeared weeks earlier after a hurricane hit the Atlantic coast of Florida. How did his body end up six hundred miles away in the Gulf of Mexico? Using her signature keen instincts and fearless investigating, O’Dell discovers Florida’s seedy underworld and the shady characters who inhabit it. Damaged is Alex Kava’s most terrifying thriller yet.