RIDDLE

by Tima Smith

Mason Gilbert and her precocious ten-year-old daughter Frankie are having a tough time making ends meet. Mason goes to college nights and cleans houses during the day. Hard as things are, though, they get much harder when Mason witnesses a murder one night in a client's home. Now, the murderers want her dead, too. And Mason knows Frankie's life is in danger, as well. The police are providing protection or are they? Mason decides to take matters into her own hands, and she and Frankie flee to the one place Mason thinks they'll be safe. But Mason knows only half the story. And because of that, she casts herself and her daughter into double jeopardy.

186 pages, Paperback

First published September 16, 2004