Seven Minutes to Noon by Katia Lief

THE DAY SEEMS PERFECTLY ORDINARY…UNTIL LAUREN DOESN’T COME HOME.

Alice Halpern waits for her best friend at the playground where they always meet with their children in their comfortable Brooklyn neighborhood. But when Lauren fails to pick her son up from school, a normal day turns into a nightmare-and Alice
begins to realize that nothing will ever be ordinary again.

The police desperately search for Lauren, who is nearly nine months pregnant. Alice, herself pregnant, realizes she’s being followed and has the creeping fear that she and her unborn twins are in danger. As the investigation intensifies, Alice is shocked as her familiar world begins to unravel. And as new life grows within her, she must fight to save her family-and herself…

SEVEN MINUTES TO NOON is available from Amazon.

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“From its brief but memorably creepy prologue to its haunting conclusion…a chilling look at how just a few minutes can turn very ordinary lives upside down.” -Toxic Universe

“Seven Minutes to Noon…takes the fears every mother has for her children and exploits it to a terrifying degree.” -Reviewer’s Choice

“A gripping story that pulls you in and doesn’t let go until the end.” -Book Review Cafe

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Katia Lief is the author of several internationally bestselling crime novels.  Her latest is THE MONEY KILL, the fourth installment of her Karin Schaeffer series, published in 2013 by HarperCollins.  She teaches fiction writing at The New School in Manhattan and lives with her family in Brooklyn.