Please note this book was previously published as Time Stands Still. Four damaged people on a seaside pier. Three people won't survive. Madeline wants revenge for being dumped by her husband. She leaves her bedbound daughter at home and heads to Scudderton Pier. Sofia feels invisible, which is just what she wanted. She wanders the pier, a baseball cap pulled low. No one takes any notice of her. Nathan hunts the pier for his next target—tourist season is the best time for pickpocketing. But Nathan can’t stop thinking about the other thing. The really bad thing he can’t stop doing. Desmond is a professional killer. He’s on a mission for his boss, but Desmond has his own agenda. Time is running out for the next victim... Meanwhile, Detective Carol Wren is still recovering from the shock of finding her missing mother’s body beneath the patio of her childhood home. But she’ll need to pull herself together to catch a vicious killer.