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Philadelphia journalist Danny Ryan is finally getting his life together. Two and a half years after losing his family, hes moved to a new house, started working again, and even began getting close to fellow reporter Alex Burton. Then an old high school acquaintance, Greg Moss, shows up asking for help. Hes been getting threatening text messages, and hes not the only one. Other members of Dannys high school class have gotten the same messages, and now theyre dead. And then Greg becomes the next victim.Between shady political connections and crooked land deals in his real estate business, Greg had plenty to hide, but it might have been an incident from his youth that led to his death. Now Danny finds himself drawn down the dark corridors of his own life as he tries to put together the lost memories from one fateful high school party all those years ago.But when Danny receives a text of his own, its a race to find the truth before the killer, much like his own past, can catch up to him in One by One, the electrifying follow-up to Sarah Cains The 8th Circle.
About the Author
Sarah Cain has been writing since she was four, when she wrote and illustrated the two-page thriller "My Birthday Surprise". After graduating from Smith College, she started writing for non-profits, then moved on to public relations and politics, where she acquired a lot of the background that runs through her fiction. In 2013 she won her two flash fiction competitions, and in 2014 met her agent, Renee Fountain at Thrillerfest in New York City. In 2015 her debut novel, The Eighth Circle, a noir thriller set in Philadelphia, was picked up by Crooked Lane Books. It debuted in January, 2016 and chronicled the adventures of Danny Ryan a Philadelphia reporter who uncovers a dark cabal of predators among the city's elite. The second novel in the Danny Ryan series, One By One, was published by Crooked Lane in March, 2017 and combines the theme of political corruption with revenge for deeds long past. Sarah's next book is moving in a lighter direction-- toward archaeology and cannibalism. Stay tuned.
Sarah lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband Howard, a former political consultant, and her two insane cats--Sonny and Rico--and spends a great deal of time contemplating murder. In her spare time, she reads, plays Cards Against Humanity with her three wonderful children, and dreams about moving to Ireland.
