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“An atmospheric mystery with an ending that packs a punch. Lily Moore is a passionate and tenacious heroine.” — Meg Gardiner, author of THE NIGHTMARE THIEF
Hilary Davidson's second novel, The Next One to Fall, takes place three months after the events of her debut, the Anthony Award-winning The Damage Done.
Travel writer Lily Moore has been persuaded by her closest friend to visit Peru. He's convinced the trip will lure Lily out of her dark mood and downward spiral, but Lily is haunted by betrayal and loss. At Machu Picchu, the famous Lost City of the Incas, they discover a woman clinging to life at the bottom of an ancient stone staircase. Just before the woman dies, she tells Lily the name of the man who wanted her dead.
When the local police investigate, the forensic evidence they find doesn’t match up with what Lily knows. Unable to accept the official ruling of accidental death, Lily hunts down the wealthy man who was the dead woman’s traveling companion and discovers a pattern of dead and missing women in his wake.
Obsessed with getting justice for these women, Lily sets in motion a violent chain of events with devastating consequences.
“With THE NEXT ONE TO FALL, Hilary Davidson knocks it out of the park. Driven by her grief and guilt, Lily Moore seeks relief and distraction in an exotic locale. What she gets instead is a mysterious redhead, Machu Picchu, and murder. If this book doesn’t get your motor running, have someone check you for a pulse.” — Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award-winning author of HURT MACHINE
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