A Deadly Influence (Abby Mullen Thrillers, #1)

by Mike Omer

Abby had a new email from Tom McCormick, the journalist who’d interviewed Gabrielle. He’d sent Abby the article like they’d agreed. She skimmed it, making sure he hadn’t said anything about the photo or the voice message. The article was as clickbait-y as it could possibly get, with a lot of pathos and little content, mostly focusing on Gabrielle’s rise to fame before the tragedy of her brother’s kidnapping. Abby had promised the man a quote. She had to assume Nathan was still alive. It was more than likely that whoever held him now was involved in the murder of Liam Washington. They were violent and probably very agitated at the moment. She didn’t want them agitated. Agitated people made impulsive decisions. She wanted them to feel in complete control. She replied to the email, writing that The NYPD’s first and foremost goal is to return Nathan back home, alive and safe. It was an empty sentence, which was obvious to most. But the kidnappers, in their state of heightened fear, might think the NYPD was mainly after them. She wanted to reassure them this wasn’t the case. A ransom was being collected. It could be exchanged for the boy. As long as Nathan was alive, this was still a possibility.