Gary Briley

Stalemate Gary Briley

After artist Julia Storey is murdered by a hit and run, her journals reveal a secret life that her husband Nick realizes puts him, his son, sister and parents-away on one of their "trips to nowhere"-in the crosshairs of a vicious killer. Police Detective Sam Oliphant focuses on Nick as the prime suspect. Nick pairs up with Oliphant's reluctant partner, Olivia Barton, Nick's first love, to rescue his parents, now held hostage by cohorts of Lupo, an organized crime boss. Their search leads them through a maze of betrayal and murder, and ultimately to revelations that send shock waves rattling through the Storey family and their construction business.