In the sprawling Harrington House on the Texas prairie, the family of 100-year-old Olivia Harrington has gathered for the funeral of her daughter-in-law, Hannah. All the generations, from The Greatest Generation to Gen Alpha, are represented among the three dozen people who spend the weekend together. But this family reunion is far from peaceful.
Oliviaâs son, Cyrus, couldnât let his wife, Hannah, build a koi pond in the backyard because he knows whatâs buried under the cherry tree. Did he kill her to keep the secret?
Cyrusâs sister Alex is dying, and she believes sheâs the one who killed Hannah. Is she wrong?
When four-year-old Chapman steals the shiny ring off his dead grandmotherâs body, it creates chaos among the cousins, whoâve been promised millions of dollars worth of Hannahâs jewelry. But when the ring is found, a shocking secret is revealed.
Oliviaâs great-granddaughter, Avery, hates her father, Spencer, for running down a kid on a bicycle. But an old picture in the attic might prove he spent eight years in prison for a crime he didnât commitâ unless the man whoâs really guilty gets his hands on the picture âĶ or kills Spencer first.
After Olivia makes an explosive announcement on the day of the funeral, a stranger shows up with a gun, demanding to know who her mother is.
Then a storm strikes, the lights go out, and the house catches fire. All members of the family struggle to survive. They donât all make it out alive. And in a final, astonishing twist, they discover a cold-blooded killer has been among them all along.
Full of twists and turns, The Gap is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on the edge of their seats until the end.
Ninie Hammon (rhymes with shiny, not skinny) grew up in Muleshoe, Texas. After a 25-year career as a journalist she figured out that making up facts was a whole lot more fun than reporting them, she turned to fiction and never looked back.
Ninie now writes suspenseâevery flavor except pistachio: psychological suspense, inspirational suspense, suspense thrillers, paranormal suspense, suspense mysteries.
In every book she keeps this promise to her Loyal Reader: âI will tell you a story in a distinctive voice youâll always recognize, about people as ordinary as you areâpeople who have been slammed by something they didnât sign on for, and now they must fight for their lives. Then smack in the middle of their everyday worlds, those people encounter the unexplainableâand itâs always the game-changer.â