Critical Threat


 
 
 
 Praise for Life Flight
 
 “This book is an edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller from start to finish. With great character development and enough excitement to keep readers hooked, this novel is sure to keep patrons talking for months to come.”
 
 Library Journal
 
 “Life Flight by Lynette Eason is a heart-stopping, breath-stealing masterpiece of romantic suspense! I read it in one gulp and could not put it down. It’s the best novel I’ve read this year. Highly recommended!”
 
 Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author of A Stranger’s Game and the Pelican Harbor series
 
 “I highly recommend this for those who love romantic suspense with enough twists to keep the most astute reader guessing.”
 
 Cara Putman, award-winning author of Flight Risk and Lethal Intent
 
 “A life-threatening medical emergency, a helicopter crash, and an escaped serial killer . . . Lynette Eason packs in all the ingredients for a thrilling edge-of-your-seat read! Life Flight will grip readers by the throat on the very first page all the way to the shocking ending, leaving them gasping for breath.”
 
 Elizabeth Goddard, bestselling author of Present Danger and the Uncommon Justice series
 
 “Lynette Eason’s latest book, Life Flight, grabs you from the opening words and doesn’t let go until the final chapter. I’m green-eyed with envy over her ability to craft such a heart-pounding, nail-biting story.”
 
 Carrie Stuart-Parks, award-winning, bestselling author of Relative Silence
 
 “Once again, Lynette Eason delivers a suspense-filled romance in Life Flight. Prepare to stay up all night as this book grips you from page one and won’t release you until the satisfying conclusion. The twists and turns had me holding my breath. Highly recommend!”
 
 Robin Caroll, bestselling author of the Darkwater Inn series
 
 “When you pick up Lynette Eason’s Life Flight, buckle up and brace for a wild ride! The story dips, twists, and spins with danger and deception on every page, all leading to the breath-stealing conclusion.”
 
 Lynn H. Blackburn, award-winning author of the Defend and Protect series
 
 Praise for Crossfire
 
 “Expertly plotted and relentlessly paced, the narrative drives home its message that ‘God is there to get us through whatever we have to face.’”
 
 Publishers Weekly
 
 “Crossfire is another great addition to this series by Lynette Eason—one of my favorite Christian Suspense authors. . . . A truly exceptional story.”
 
 Interviews & Reviews
 
 “Lynette Eason has blown me out of the water. She took my heart through a roller coaster of emotions with Crossfire.”
 
 Life Is Story
 
 
 
 
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 Books by Lynette Eason
 
 WOMEN OF JUSTICE
 
 Too Close to Home
 
 Don’t Look Back
 
 A Killer Among Us
 
 DEADLY REUNIONS
 
 When the Smoke Clears
 
 When a Heart Stops
 
 When a Secret Kills
 
 HIDDEN IDENTITY
 
 No One to Trust
 
 Nowhere to Turn
 
 No Place to Hide
 
 ELITE GUARDIANS
 
 Always Watching
 
 Without Warning
 
 Moving Target
 
 Chasing Secrets
 
 BLUE JUSTICE
 
 Oath of Honor
 
 Called to Protect
 
 Code of Valor
 
 Vow of Justice
 
 Protecting Tanner Hollow
 
 DANGER NEVER SLEEPS
 
 Collateral Damage
 
 Acceptable Risk
 
 Active Defense
 
 EXTREME MEASURES
 
 Life Flight
 
 Crossfire
 
 Critical Threat
 
 
 
 
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 Copyright Page
 
 © 2023 by Lynette Eason
 
 Published by Revell
 
 a division of Baker Publishing Group
 
 PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
 
 www.revellbooks.com
 
 Ebook edition created 2023
 
 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
 
 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
 
 ISBN 978-1-4934-3965-2
 
 Some Scripture used in this book, whether quoted or paraphrased by the characters, is taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.lockman.org
 
 Some Scripture used in this book, whether quoted or paraphrased by the characters, is from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
 
 This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. 
 
 
 Dedication
 
 Dedicated to the men and women who put their lives on the lines for the rest of us.
 
 
 
 
 Epigraph
 
 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
 
 John 3:16–17 NASB
 
 
 Chapter One
 
 MONDAY, NOVEMBER OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, DC
 
 “A third victim has been found and a serial killer is once again thought to be terrorizing the Northeast—just east of the territory Peter Romanos paralyzed with his string of murders,” Rachel Goodwin reported from her position outside the prison. “Peter Romanos, who is incarcerated in the new high-security DC federal penitentiary, is serving twelve life sentences. Only this time, instead of teenage girls, this particular killer is targeting older women. That’s all the information I have at the moment. I hope to know more soon.”
 
 The camera panned away from the woman, and clips of Romanos’s arrest thirteen years ago took over the screen.