Deadline to Kill
(2026)(A book in the Nicole Stone series)
A novel by Jim Michael Hansen and R J Jagger
Miami homicide detective Nicole Stone has seen violence in every form. But this case feels different from the start.
An up-and-coming actress is ripped from her bed in the middle of the night—no witnesses, no usable prints, no signs of forced entry. Just a shattered bedroom and a clock already ticking. If the abductor follows his established pattern, she’ll be dead within days.
She isn’t the first.
At least eight women have vanished the same way—taken from the supposed safety of their homes, their bodies later discovered posed in carefully staged scenes. No survivors. No mistakes. No suspect.
Until now.
As Nicole digs into the actress’s life, the pattern begins to fracture. The victims aren’t random. The crime scenes aren’t trophies. They’re messages. And the message is aimed directly at her.
What looks like the work of a predator hunting beautiful women is something far more calculated—and far more personal. The killer isn’t just playing a game with the city of Miami.
He’s playing one with Nicole Stone.
And the final move is coming fast.
In this pulse-pounding thriller of obsession, revenge, and psychological warfare, Nicole must race to save a life while confronting a truth that could destroy her career—and cost her everything.
Genre: Mystery
An up-and-coming actress is ripped from her bed in the middle of the night—no witnesses, no usable prints, no signs of forced entry. Just a shattered bedroom and a clock already ticking. If the abductor follows his established pattern, she’ll be dead within days.
She isn’t the first.
At least eight women have vanished the same way—taken from the supposed safety of their homes, their bodies later discovered posed in carefully staged scenes. No survivors. No mistakes. No suspect.
Until now.
As Nicole digs into the actress’s life, the pattern begins to fracture. The victims aren’t random. The crime scenes aren’t trophies. They’re messages. And the message is aimed directly at her.
What looks like the work of a predator hunting beautiful women is something far more calculated—and far more personal. The killer isn’t just playing a game with the city of Miami.
He’s playing one with Nicole Stone.
And the final move is coming fast.
In this pulse-pounding thriller of obsession, revenge, and psychological warfare, Nicole must race to save a life while confronting a truth that could destroy her career—and cost her everything.
Genre: Mystery
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