It happened at two in the morning
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At two in the morning, after another long night of work, brash young lawyer Tom Weldon learns that he's being passed over for partner at his top-drawer New York law firm and quits on the spot. On the walk back to his apartment, he happens uopn the professional hit of a wealthy power broker. Next thing he knows, Tom's being held captive in a rural shed with the intense daughter of the murder victim. They escape and run for their lives, hiding out in Kentucky while Tom tries to unravel from afar the complicated mess they've stumbled into -- and tries to figure out why a hitwoman is out to get them. -- from back cover.