Overkill

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller in which a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for their lives. Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn´t seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for some time-not since their volatile marriage imploded-so he´s shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he-despite their divorce-has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks away, letting Rebecca´s parents have the final say. Four years later, Rebecca´s attacker, Eban-the scion of a wealthy family in Atlanta-gets an early release from prison. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state prosecutor, is determined to put him back behind bars. Rebecca´s parents have kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to change-if she were to die-Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder. It isn´t lost on Zach that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca´s murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects Kate´s legal standpoint but can´t resist their ill-timed attraction to each other. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he´s in, plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca-and the end of his freedom.