Ex-police officer Rileigh Bishop thought she was done with her aunt after the old woman was committed to a psychiatric hospital for attacking Rileigh with a chainsaw. She was wrong. The elderly women inside the hospital are disappearing. And when they are finally found, they have been horrifically murdered. Eaten by rats. Decapitated. Left on a grave holding a single red rose. And now someone else has gone missing. Someone who’s more important than they seem. Once again, Rileigh must team up with Sheriff Webster to find the killer. Only this time, the killer knows Rileigh’s coming. And they’ve got plans for her. Closer by the Hour is the third book in The Bishop Smoky Mountain Thriller series by Lauren Street.