It seemed like a standard case. A missing woman, gone over six years, with no trace… but the clock was already ticking. Isaac Sofer has three months before his long missing wife Marlee is declared dead. But when Jesse and Cindy arrive to take the case, it quickly becomes clear that Isaac just played along. Though the initial request for their services—and even the payment—came from his accounts, he didn’t hire them. And he doesn’t know who did. Finding Marlee, dead or alive, is only the first step. Almost seven years ago, someone wanted Marlee Sofer dead. Now, it’s possible that same person desperately needs her alive. Can Jesse, Cindy and Georgia find out what happened before the clock runs out? And what about Sin? New information suggests that the assassin might still be alive but in danger. With two cases about to run out of time, who will they help? Tear Us Apart is the third book in the Hangman’s Shadow series but it can be read as a standalone. Cold cases that aren’t as cold as they should be, from a USA Today bestselling author.

These were not the people she was expecting to see. Jesse stopped short. Nash Investigations was hired by the family of the missing birthday girl. At eighteen, she’d gone out to party and never come home. Her friends each told a very different story to the police. The police told the family there was nothing they could do. Their land wasn’t covered by this jurisdiction. By any jurisdiction. They’d wiped their hands of the case. No one was even looking for her. Except Nash Investigations… But when she stepped into the building, it seemed the entire town looked back at Jesse. Everyone who had given a dollar, or ten, was waiting to hear from her. She’d had the uneasy feeling this wasn’t some typical missing persons case. She wasn’t sure what she was supposed to say. What questions to ask. Standing beside the family, Cindy and Georgia silently stared at her. Subtly, they both shook their heads no. Don’t do it. Don’t say what you’re thinking. Don’t ask. Whatever you think this is, you’re wrong… So Jesse snapped her jaw shut, and waited.