Perfect families don’t keep secrets this deadly.
USA Today Bestselling Author Terry Keys delivers a gripping psychological thriller packed with family secrets, shocking twists, and the kind of suspense that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
Tom and Mary Hunt wanted to give their son Axe the perfect eighteenth birthday.
A weekend hunting trip seemed harmless enough. Even though Mary hated hunting, she agreed for Axe’s sake. After all, he was a good kid—a star athlete with a bright future and a reputation that made his parents proud.
But Axe and his friends had something very different in mind.
What begins as a celebration quickly spirals into a reckless weekend fueled by sex, alcohol, drugs, and dangerous decisions. Then a single pull of a trigger changes everything.
Forever.
Now the Hunt family’s carefully constructed life is beginning to crack beneath the pressure of a police investigation that grows more intense by the day. As detectives dig deeper, buried secrets rise to the surface—secrets capable of destroying reputations, relationships, and the illusion of the perfect family they worked so hard to protect.
Because some lies don’t stay buried.
And one shot may be all it takes to bring everything crashing down.
As the walls close in, Tom and Mary must decide how far they’re willing to go to protect their son… and whether their family can survive the truth waiting in the dark.
One shot could destroy them all.
Genre: Mystery
USA Today Bestselling Author Terry Keys delivers a gripping psychological thriller packed with family secrets, shocking twists, and the kind of suspense that keeps readers turning pages late into the night.
Tom and Mary Hunt wanted to give their son Axe the perfect eighteenth birthday.
A weekend hunting trip seemed harmless enough. Even though Mary hated hunting, she agreed for Axe’s sake. After all, he was a good kid—a star athlete with a bright future and a reputation that made his parents proud.
But Axe and his friends had something very different in mind.
What begins as a celebration quickly spirals into a reckless weekend fueled by sex, alcohol, drugs, and dangerous decisions. Then a single pull of a trigger changes everything.
Forever.
Now the Hunt family’s carefully constructed life is beginning to crack beneath the pressure of a police investigation that grows more intense by the day. As detectives dig deeper, buried secrets rise to the surface—secrets capable of destroying reputations, relationships, and the illusion of the perfect family they worked so hard to protect.
Because some lies don’t stay buried.
And one shot may be all it takes to bring everything crashing down.
As the walls close in, Tom and Mary must decide how far they’re willing to go to protect their son… and whether their family can survive the truth waiting in the dark.
One shot could destroy them all.
Genre: Mystery
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